Catherine Pegge (abt. 1630 - 1678)

Born about 1630 in Yeldersley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England

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Died 1678 at about age 48 in London, England

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Catherine Pegge is Notable.

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). The latter two are documented but Catherine Mary seems to have been overlooked or hidden. Cf. Stuart-4 profile.

Catherine was the daughter of Thomas Pegge of Yeldersley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and wife Catherine Kniveton, daughter of Sir Gilbert Kniveton, Baronet, and wife. Thomas and his family were exiled to Bruges during the English Civil War following his capture serving under the Royalist Colonel General Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough. It was in Bruges that Catherine's liaison with Charles II began, resulting in the birth of her son in 1657 who died in 1680. Catherine Pegge, born about 1635, was a long term mistress of Charles II. She had two children by him, Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, and Catherine FitzCharles.

There are allegedly two portraits of Catherine Pegge by Sir Peter Lely, the whereabouts of which are unknown. The Yeldersley branch descended from Thomas Pegge. She was said to have great beauty. She went on to marry before 1667 Sir Edward Greene of Sampford in Essex, Baronet on 26 July 1660, who died at Flanders in 1676 and was interred at Sampford, Essex, but they had no further children besides one Justinia Greene (1667–1717), one of the English Ladies of the Pontoise.

Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:936Z-3XG : accessed 2017-10-01), entry for Catherine PEGGE, submitted by ssloan2743022.

Wikipedia contributors, "Catherine Pegge," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Pegge&oldid=801637020 (accessed October 1, 2017 ).

Research notes

"Charles quietly slept with his new mistress, Catherine Pegge. By her he had an illegitimate daughter who died and a son who was somewhat unimaginatively named Charles FitzCharles". ^[1]

"Seven mistresses had provided him with twelve bastards. Lady Castlemaine was the mother of five of them, Nell Gwynn of two, while Elizabeth Killigrew, Catherine Pegge, Moll Davis and Louise de Kerouaille had added one each to the number.^[2]

Mother of two children, Charles and Catherine. ^[3]

Thepeerage only gives two children. ^[4]

Daughter Catherine died in infancy. ^[5]

Alison Weir give three children, Charles 1657-1680, Katherine 1658-1759, a nun at Dunkirk, and an un-named daughter possibly another Katherine, conjectural. Said to have died young. Material is unsourced. ^[6]

"Catherine Pegge the beautiful daughter of a Derbyshire Squire presented him with a son in 1657 and a daughter in 1658. The girl died". ^[7]

"As far as one can keep track of them, the total that survived long enough to feature in the royal records was a round dozen. The twelve known bastards were born from seven women; Lucy Walter, Elizabeth Killigrew, Catherine Pegge, Barbara villiers (five), Nell Gwynn (two), Moll Davis and Louise de Kerouaille." ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Royal Survivor, A Life of Charles II. Stephen Coote ISBN 0 340 6619 2 Hodder and Stoughton 1999 Page 156
2. ↑ Royal Survivor, A Life of Charles II. Stephen Coote ISBN 0 340 6619 2 Hodder and Stoughton 1999 Page 345
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Catherine Pegge
4. ↑ Thepeerage.com: Catherine Pegge
5. ↑ English Monarchs: The illegitimate Children of Charles II
6. ↑ Alison Weir. Britain's Royal Families, The Complete Genealogy. ISBN 9780099539735 Vintage 2008 Page 257
7. ↑ "Charles II" Antonia Fraser Book Club Associates 1979 Page 153
8. ↑ "Charles II" Antonia Fraser Book Club Associates 1979 Page 411

• Family history research

1. Ancestry.com.

2. Wikipedia article "Catherine Pegge".

3. http://thepeerage.com/p10503.htm.

4. Myheritage.com.

5. Genealogy.com.

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