Charlotte Paston, Countess of Yarmouth
Charlotte Paston, Countess of Yarmouth | |
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| Born | Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria FitzRoy c. 1650 |
| Died | 28 July 1684 (aged 33–34) |
| Buried | 4 August 1684 Westminster Abbey |
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| Father | Charles II of England |
| Mother | Elizabeth Killigrew, Viscountess Shannon |
Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Paston, Countess of Yarmouth (née FitzRoy; c. 1650 – 28 July 1684) was one of the many acknowledged illegitimate children of Charles II of England.
Her mother, Elizabeth Killigrew Boyle, wife of Francis Boyle (afterwards Viscount Shannon in Ireland), had been a maid of honour to Charles II's mother, Queen Henrietta Maria.
Charlotte married firstly James Howard, with whom she had a daughter, Stuarta. In 1672, she married William Paston, later the second Earl of Yarmouth, a member of the Paston family, and had issue. Both William and his father, Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth, 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.