Birth of Nell Gwynne. Charles II's mistress was born on February 2nd, Charles II. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Email Address:. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Nell survived her royal lover by less than three years. In March , she suffered a stroke that left her paralysed on one side. In May, a second stroke rendered her bedridden in her house at Pall Mall.
She died at the age of 37, from apoplexy "almost certainly due to the acquired variety of syphilis" at ten in the evening on 14 November Although she left considerable debts, always charitable in memory of her father, in her will she left a legacy to the Newgate prisoners in London.
Her funeral drew a large audience for the last time, the funeral sermon was preached by Thomas Tenison, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury.
The marriage was to produce 12 children. John Chapel of St. Nell Gwynne. Nell Gwynne Her father was of Welsh descent, a soldier ruined by the civil war, he is said to have died in a debtors prison in Oxford, Nell probably had no memory of him. Charles II In around , Nell had an affair with a man named Duncan, which lasted around two years, he provided her with rooms at a tavern in Maypole Alley and may have secured her a job as an orange seller at a nearby theatre, where she worked with her older sister Rose.
Popular Stuarts. James I. Queen Anne. Image from British History online While there's little concrete evidence to suggest she did, it surely says something about the public's attitude to our heroine that the story, true or false, gained traction. Nell Gwynn lived here: blue plaque by Diane Griffiths.
Nell Gywnn in London today Today, Nell gives her name to a tiny, traditional old-man's pub near the Strand. The Nell Gywnne Tavern. Photo by Matt Brown Then there's a rather smart art deco building in Chelsea called Nell Gywnn House Apartments, with a statue of our heroine over the door. Report a problem with this article. X close. Londonist in your inbox Plan your day ahead or read the day's London headlines with our daily emails.
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