Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Paston, Countess of Yarmouth (née FitzRoy; – 28 July 1684) was one of the many acknowledged illegitimate children of
Charles II of England
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Her mother,
Elizabeth Killigrew Boyle, wife of
Francis Boyle (afterwards
Viscount Shannon
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in Ireland), had been a
maid of honour to Charles II's mother,
Queen Henrietta Maria
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Charlotte married firstly
James Howard,
[Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 256.] with whom she had a daughter, Stuarta. In 1672 she married
William Paston William Paston may refer to:
*William Paston (died 1444) (1378–1444), Justice of the Common Pleas
*William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth (1654–1732), British peer and politician
*Sir William Paston, 1st Baronet (1528–1610), English benefactor
...
, later the second
Earl of Yarmouth, a member of the
Paston family, and had
issue. Both William and
his father
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were in high favour with the Stuarts.
Charlotte died on 28 July 1684 in
London and was buried at
Westminster Abbey on 4 August 1684.
Children
With her first husband,
James Howard (d. 1669), Lady Charlotte had a daughter:
* Stuarta Werburge
Howard
Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ...
(d. 1706); died unmarried
** Stuarta was a lady-in-waiting to
Queen Mary II. She was nearly married to the
1st Earl of Portland, but their engagement was abandoned. This resulted in a duel between Lord Portland and her stepfather, Yarmouth.
Charlotte FitzRoy had at least four more children by her second husband,
William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth:
* Charles Paston, Lord Paston (29 May 1673 – 15 December 1718), of
Oxnead Hall,
Norfolk
** Lord Paston was married to Elizabeth Pitt and had a daughter, Hon. Elizabeth Paston.
* Lady Charlotte Paston (1675–1736)
** She married Thomas Herne of
Haveringland Hall, Norfolk, and had a son, Paston Herne, whose illegitimate daughter Anne Herne married Sir Everard Buckworth (later Buckworth-Herne), 5th Baronet, and was the mother of Sir Buckworth Buckworth-Herne-Soame, 6th
Baronet. Lady Charlotte was also married to a Major Weldron.
* Lady Rebecca Paston (14 January 1680/1681–1726)
** She married
Sir John Holland, 2nd Baronet; had issue of at least three children.
* Hon. William Paston (1682–1711), a captain in the Royal Navy; died unmarried
References
1650s births
Place of birth missing
Year of birth uncertain
1684 deaths
17th-century English people
17th-century English women
Burials at Westminster Abbey
English countesses
Charlotte
Charlotte
Illegitimate children of Charles II of England
Daughters of kings
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