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House in St James's Square. Marriage. Death. References. Moll Davis. Mary "Moll" Davis (c. 1648 – 1708), also spelt Davies or Davys, was a courtesan and mistress of King Charles II of England. She was an actress and entertainer before and during her role as royal mistress. Early life.
Moll Davis, vero nome Mary Davis ( 1648 circa – 1708 ), è stata una cantante, attrice teatrale e cortigiana britannica, che divenne una delle amanti del re d'Inghilterra Carlo II .
Like her fellow actress, Nell Gwyn, Mary ‘Moll’ Davis’ roots are a bit of a mystery.Contemporary accounts disagreed on who her family were. Some said she was from Wiltshire and that her father was a blacksmith; others claimed that she was the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Berkshire, and that he was one of the men that dangled her under the king’s nose when Barbara ...
Charles was already enamoured with Moll Davis, a fellow actress but, on Nell’s return to London at the end of 1667, Buckingham saw an opportunity to dangle another mistress under the king’s nose. Negotiations began: Nell suggested that she would need £500 per year to be kept as the king’s mistress, but this was rejected as too expensive ...
Mary ‘Moll’ Davis. Though Nell comes to mind when we think about Charles’ actress mistress, Moll was on the scene long before her, and was already causing a stir at court by being a commoner who was parading round in jewels and finery. But an embarrassing prank at the hands of her rival nearly cost her her place at court…
7 gen 2023 · Title: Moll Davis. Author: Bernard Capes. Release Date: January 7, 2023 [eBook #69720] Language: English. Produced by: an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer
20 ott 2011 · By the end of the seventeenth century women players were much in demand, both on the stage and as subjects of painted portraits and prints. These helped to enhance the fame of early actresses such as Nell Gwyn and Moll Davis. By the early eighteenth century the theatre was thriving in Britain.
