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Catherine Pegge (born c. 1635) was a long-term mistress of Charles II of England. She had two children by him, Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, and Catherine FitzCharles. Pegge Family Arms.
Catherine Pegge (1635 circa – ...) fu per lunghi anni amante del re d'Inghilterra Carlo II. Dal sovrano ebbe due figli, Charles FitzCharles, I conte di Plymouth e Catherine FitzCharles.
Catherine was the beautiful daughter of Thomas Pegge, a gentleman from Derbyshire, and his wife, Catherine Kniveton, who was the daughter of a royalist Baronet. During the English Civil War, her father fought for the royalists, and on his capture the family were forced into exile in Bruges, Belgium .
Charles FitzCharles, I conte di Plymouth (Londra, 1657 – Tangeri, 17 ottobre 1680), fu uno dei figli naturali del re d'Inghilterra Carlo II Stuart, avuto dalla sua amante Catherine Pegge
Charles FitzCharles was the first child of Catherine Pegge and Charles II. He was born sometime in 1657 in Flanders, Spanish Netherlands, where the future Charles II was temporarily living in exile.
Meanwhile the queen, the Portuguese Catherine of Braganza, was left isolated, unhappy and side-lined by the “Windsor beauties”. It was common knowledge that the king enjoyed the company of his mistresses above anyone else.
Catherine Pegge was one of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England and mother of three children by him: Catherine Mary Stuart (1652-1741); Charles Fitzcharles, Duke of Plymouth (1657-1680); Catherine "Sister Ophelia" Fitzcharles (1658-1759).
