The Illegitimate Children
Despite being born ‘on the wrong side of the blanket’, Charles II’s offspring were given all the benefits and luxuries you might expect for a king’s children. Titles, wealth, properties, land and good marriages ensured that they enjoyed all the benefits of their parentage without the downsides you may expect of illegitimacy. The only catch was, they couldn’t succeed to the throne… but who ever wanted that anyway..!?
See all the illegitimate children below, organised by mistress, and click through to read more about their stories.
Lucy Walter
Elizabeth Killigrew
Moll Davis
James Scott
Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch
Charlotte FitzRoy
Countess of Yarmouth
Mary Tudor
Countess of Derwentwater
Catherine Pegge
Louise de Kerouaille
Nell Gwyn
Charles FitzCharles
1st Earl of Plymouth
Catherine FitzCharles
Sister Ophelia?
Charles Lennox
1st Duke of Richmond
Charles Beauclerk
1st Duke of St Albans
James Beauclerk
Lord Beauclerk
Barbara Palmer
Anne FitzRoy
Countess of Sussex
Charles FitzRoy
2nd Duke of Cleveland
Henry FitzRoy
1st Duke of Grafton
Charlotte FitzRoy
Countess of Lichfield
George FitzRoy
1st Duke of Northumberland
Barbara FitzRoy
Sister Benedicta