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Hampton Court Beauties, the Glossary

Index Hampton Court Beauties

The Hampton Court Beauties are a series of eight portraits by Sir Godfrey Kneller, commissioned by Queen Mary II of England, depicting the most glamorous ladies from the court of William III.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex, Baron Stawell, Carey Fraser, Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, Charles II of England, Charles Knight (engraver), Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, Frances Whitmore, Gallery of Beauties, George Pitt (died 1735), Godfrey Kneller, Hampton Court Palace, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, Henry Fuseli, Isabella FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton, Margaret Cecil, Countess of Ranelagh, Mary Capel, Countess of Essex, Mary II, Mary Pitt, Mary Sackville, Countess of Dorset (1669–1691), Peter Lely, Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh, Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet, Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet, William Hazlitt, William III of England, Windsor Beauties.

  2. 1690s paintings
  3. Hampton Court Palace
  4. Paintings by Godfrey Kneller
  5. Sets of portraits

Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex

Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex PC (28 December 1670 – 10 January 1710, Watford) of Cassiobury House, Watford, Hertfordshire, was an English nobleman, a soldier and courtier.

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Baron Stawell

Baron Stawell was a title that was created twice in British history.

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Carey Fraser

Carey Mordaunt, Countess of Peterborough and Monmouth (13 May 1709), was an English courtier.

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Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans

Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

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Charles Knight (engraver)

Charles Parsons Knight (1743–1827?) was an English engraver.

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Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough

Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth, (1658 – 25 October 1735) was an English Army officer, Whig politician and peer.

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Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset

Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex, KG (24 January 164329 January 1706) was an English poet and courtier.

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Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans

Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (c. 1679–15 January 1742), born Lady Diana de Vere, was a British courtier.

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Frances Whitmore

Frances Myddleton, Lady Myddleton née Whitmore (1666–1695) was a British courtier.

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The Gallery of Beauties (Schönheitengalerie) is a collection of 38 portraits of the most beautiful women from the nobility and bourgeoisie of Munich, Germany, gathered by Ludwig I of Bavaria in the south pavilion of his Nymphenburg Palace. Hampton Court Beauties and Gallery of Beauties are portraits of women and sets of portraits.

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George Pitt (died 1735)

George Pitt (c. 1663–1735), of Strathfield Saye, Hampshire, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1694 and 1727.

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Godfrey Kneller

Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723) was a German-British painter.

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Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames.

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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, (28 September 1663 – 9 October 1690) was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and his mistress Barbara Villiers.

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Henry Fuseli

Henry Fuseli (italic; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain.

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Isabella FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton

Isabella Bennet FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton and later 2nd Countess of Arlington suo jure (c. 1668 – 7 February 1723), was a British peer and heiress.

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Margaret Cecil, Countess of Ranelagh

Margaret Jones, Countess of Ranelagh née Margaret Cecil (1672/1673 – 21 February 1728) was an English courtier.

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Mary Capel, Countess of Essex

Mary Capel, Countess of Essex (1679 – August 20, 1726), born Lady Mary Bentinck, was the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of stadtholder William, Prince of Orange (the future King of England) and his wife Anne Villiers (died 30 November 1688).

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Mary II

Mary II (30 April 166228 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694.

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Mary Pitt

Mary Pitt (née Scrope; born 1676 - date of death unknown) was a British courtier.

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Mary Sackville, Countess of Dorset (1669–1691)

Mary Sackville, Countess of Dorset (born Lady Mary Compton; 1669 – 6 August 1691) was a 17th century aristocrat, being a courtier at the royal court of Queen Mary II.

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Peter Lely

Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 – 7 December 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court.

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Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh

Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh (8 February 1641 – 5 January 1712), known as The Viscount Ranelagh between 1669 and 1677, was an Irish peer, politician both in the Parliaments of England and Ireland.

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Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet

Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet (23 March 1655 – 29 April 1716), of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1716.

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Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet

Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet (24 September 1677 – 7 May 1746) was Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1714 to 1715, discharging the duties of the office with conspicuous impartiality.

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William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt (10 April 177818 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.

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William III of England

William III (William Henry;; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.

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Windsor Beauties

The Windsor Beauties are a set of portrait paintings, still in the Royal Collection, by Sir Peter Lely and his workshop, produced in the early to mid-1660s, that depict ladies of the court of King Charles II, some of whom were his mistresses. Hampton Court Beauties and Windsor Beauties are Hampton Court Palace and sets of portraits.

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See also

1690s paintings

Hampton Court Palace

Paintings by Godfrey Kneller

Sets of portraits

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Court_Beauties