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.[1]
Her mother, Elizabeth Killigrew Boyle,[2] 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,[3] 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 were in high favour with the Stuarts. [citation needed]
Charlotte died on 28 July 1684 in London and was buried at Westminster Abbey on 4 August 1684.
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With her first husband, James Howard (d. 1669), Lady Charlotte had a daughter:
Charlotte FitzRoy had at least four more children by her second husband, William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth:
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