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Moll Davis, portrait after Sir Peter Lely, circa 1665 1670 Mary Moll Davis (ca. 1648 – 1708) was a seventeenth century entertainer and courtesan, singer and actress who became one of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Wikipedia. Mary "Moll" Davis (ca. 1648 – 1708) was a seventeenth-century entertainer and courtesan, singer and actress who became one of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England. Early life, theatre career. Davis was born around 1648 in Westminster and was said by Samuel Pepys, the famous diarist, to be "a bastard of Collonell Howard ...
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…
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 - and so, as quickly as they began, the ...
Mrs Moll Davis (1640–c.1721), Actress and Mistress of Charles II Lely, Peter, 1618–1680 Weston Park Photo credit: Trustees of ...
Davis va abandonar l'escenari el 1668 i el 1669 va tenir una filla de Carles, Lady Mary Tudor, que es va fer famosa per dret propi. Més tard, Carles va acomiadar Moll, possiblement a causa d'una certa cancellera Nell Gwyn, un gran rival entre les aficions del rei. [7] Malgrat tot, Davis no va restar amb les mans buides: Carles li va concedir ...
25 de fev. de 2021 · According to legend, she smoothed her path by getting her friend the writer (and alleged spy) Aphra Behn to deal with an actress named Moll Davis who was currently sleeping with him. Aphra allegedly dosed Moll with laxatives on a night she was due to visit the king, leading to an unfortunate incident that ended their relationship.
