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Nell Gwyn. Eleanor (Nell) Gwyn ( 2 februari 1650 – 14 november 1687) was een van de eerste Engelse actrices die beroemd werden. Ze was gedurende lange tijd minnares van Karel II van Engeland. Andere variaties van haar naam zijn Helen Gwynn en Ellen Gwynn. Ze kon nauwelijks schrijven en ondertekende met haar initialen ‘EG’.
Nell Gwyn (1651?-1687), Actress; mistress of Charles II. Eleanor ('Nell') Gwyn. Sitter associated with 31 portraits Eleanor Gywn, or 'Pretty witty Nell', as Pepys called her, came to London as an orange-seller, and rose to become one of the leading comic actresses of the day, and mistress to the King, Charles II.
Nell Gwyn was an X-Rated Cinderella. Born in abject poverty, she became a professional actress, the beloved mistress of King Charles II, and died as an icon of the Restoration. However, all Nell's legendary insults and remarkable beauty couldn't save her from drama, scandal, and sorrow. Take a bow to these fierce facts about Nell Gwyn, England ...
But in 1669, Nell became pregnant with her first child with the king and quit the theatre. The king moved her into a house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, where their son, also named Charles, was born in May 1670.
2 February 1650 - 14 November 1687. The remarkable life of Nell Gwynne, most famous of the many mistresses of 'the Merry Monarch', Charles II, a classic rags to riches story, began on 2 February 1650. Nell was was the daughter of Thomas and Ellen Gwynn, her place of birth is disputed, with some sources stating Pipe Well Lane in Hereford, which ...
21 de dez. de 2005 · A new book recreates the story behind one of England's greatest love affairs — the 17-year relationship between Charles II and Nell Gwyn. Charles Beauclerk is a direct descendant of the pair ...
Our Magnificent Building. With its splendid Art Deco facade, Nell Gwynn House was designed in the '30s by architect G. Kay Green as a glamorous central London home for those who travelled or lived outside the capital. In addition to the sumptuous apartments, the building hosted a restaurant-ballroom for 250 people, a cocktail bar, a lounge and ...
