List of English royal mistresses facts for kids

This article contains a list of notable English royal mistresses.

Henry I

• Gieva de Tracy
• Ansfride (born c. 1070)
• Lady Sybilla Corbet of Alcester (1077 – after 1157)
• Edith FitzForne
• Princess Nest ferch Rhys (c. 1073 – after 1136)
• Isabel de Beaumont (c. 1102 – c. 1172)

Henry II

• Rosamund Clifford (before 1150 – c. 1176)
• Ida de Tosny was a royal ward and mistress of Henry II

Edward III

• Alice Perrers (c. 1348 – 1400)

Edward IV

• Jane Shore
• Elizabeth Lucy

Henry VIII

• 1515-1520 : Bessie Blount (c.1501 – 1540), mother of his only acknowledged illegitimate child, Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset
• 1520-1523 : Mary Boleyn (c.1499 – 1543), sister of his second wife, Anne, cousin of his fifth wife Catherine Howard and mother of Henry VIII's alleged children, Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys
• 1535-1535 : Mary Shelton (c.1512 – c.1571), mistress during his marriage to her cousin, Anne Boleyn

Charles II

The royal mistress Louise de Kérouaille was presented with precious coral and pearls by an enslaved African child to emphasise her wealth and social standing. Paiting by Pierre Mignard, 1682.

• Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658)
• Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640 – 1709)
• Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649 – 1734)
• Hortense Mancini (1646 – 1699)
• Nell Gwyn (c. 1650 – 1687)
• Moll Davis
• Winifred Wells
• Jane Roberts
• Mrs. Knight
• Mary Bagot, widow of Charles Berkeley, 1st Earl of Falmouth
• Elizabeth Killigrew, Viscountess Shannon
• Elizabeth, Countess of Kildare
• Catherine Pegge (b. 1635)

James II

• Anne Hyde (later his wife)
• Arabella Churchill (1648 – 1730)
• Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657 – 1717)
• Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (rumoured)

William III

• Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney (c. 1657 – 1733) (rumoured)

See also

• List of Scottish royal mistresses
• List of Swedish royal mistresses