Eleanor Gwynn, known as Nell, was the most famous actress of the English Restoration, possessed of an extraordinary comic talent, and a favorite for many years the most powerful man in England, King Charles II , who bore him two sons. One of the few real lovers that won the sympathy of the people. Someone called "pretty, witty Nell" ("beautiful, witty Nell").
His mother was a woman of low class, stated that she was a prostitute, and his father a captain in the Royalist army during the English Civil War. His childhood was spent in the underworld of London. Nell and her sister were engaged to sell oranges to the public in the theater. Some sources indicate that it is possible that during his time prostitute orange trees.
started acting when I was fourteen, attracting attention with its beauty, clear and strong voice and a lively wit. He learned the trade of one of the best actors of the time, Charles Hart, and taught dance the other, John Lacy. Their illiteracy will memorizing complicated roles. His first appearance on stage was in March 1665.
triumphed in the genre of Restoration comedy, forming an artistic partnership with Charles Hart, one of her lovers. The Great Plague of London forced to close the theater for a long year. Nell and her mother went to Oxford, following the king and his court. The company set up some private theater for the court during this time away from the virulent capital. The actress won the honor of carrying the livery of the monarch at the beginning of this exile, claiming that they were servants and officers of the king. After the reopening of the theaters, Nell and Hart continued to perform together in a series of works. Many comedies of the period included roles in breeches, in which actresses appear transvestite men.
Carlos II
In late 1667, the Duke of Buckingham took over management of contact with Nell to replace the king as lover Barbara Palmer, Duchess of Cleveland . The plan failed because the actress asked for 500 pounds a year to stay and was considered too expensive. The love affair between Charles and Nell started in April the following year. He jokingly called the king "her Charles III" for having previously lovers and Charles Hart Charles Sackville, Lord Buckhurst . Soon their relationship was well known, but there was little reason to believe that last long.
Nell continued to work, growing in popularity and encouraging playwrights to write specific roles for her. However, as its link with the king was growing stronger, her career would be slowing. His theatrical career was developed over seven years and ended when he was twenty. Nell King really loved and was faithful. He had two children but only one survived. Not ask for a title of nobility for herself as the other lovers, but managed to subtly a title for your child. It is believed he used his influence over the king to release the disgraced Duke of Buckingham from prison and to the founding of the Royal Hospital Chelsea for ex-soldiers.
Charles II had a considerable number of mistresses throughout his life, both short and long relations commitments, and a wife, suffered Portuguese queen, Catherine of Braganza . During the early years of the relationship between Nell and the King, few fans competed with it. It was the king's favorite best had with the queen, unlike Louise Portsmouth, that irritated and tormented with his sharp tongue causing prolonged and inconsolable crying spells.
Keroualle Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth
A young French aristocrat named Louise Renée de Keroualle, is accompanying his wife the Duchess of Orleans to Dover for it to meet his brother Charles II. The sudden death of the duchess, attributed to poisoning by dubious evidence, left unprotected, but the king appointed her lady in waiting of Queen Catherine of Braganza. It seems that she had been selected by the French court to fascinate the king of England. Louise, was extremely clever and had a strong will, though hidden behind languid appearance of such girlish beauty. He became king's mistress at twenty years old and it was until his death. Carlos was awarded to Louise, on the titles of Baroness Petersfield, Countess Fareham and Duchess of Portsmouth. And she gave the English king a son, and she was the mother of Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond .
The animosity felt by the English to her, was due both to their activities against the interests of France as their desire to get rich. Nell Gwynn competed for the favors of the king, unlike hers was loved by the people. Nell called "Squintabella" by their appearance and "Weeping Willow" with tears pouring a gift or reward for the king. Their relationship was not strictly of opponents, as they sometimes had tea together and played cards. On one occasion, when Nell made its daily walk in the carriage that his royal lover had given her, an angry mob, believing that the occupant of the car was the hated French Catholic, began yelling insults. Nell put her head out the window and shouted: Please, good people, be kind! I am the Protestant whore!. calmed People immediately.
Nell gave birth to her first child, Charles , in May 1670. In February the following year, he moved to a house in Pall Mall, London, owned by the Crown, where he lived the rest of his life. At the end of the year gave birth to her second child, James , that was sent with six years studying at Paris and died there at the age of ten. The life of this child in the capital of the Seine and the cause of his death are unknown. His eldest son was created Earl of Burford, later the king granted him the title of Duke of St Albans, and he and the mother were the property of Charles Burford House. She lived there when the king was at Windsor Castle. In addition to these properties, had a summer residence. Nell never considered those properties as prizes or personal gain to hold, but as places where the king could relax and enjoy what their other lovers never gave a real home and an interesting social life.
On his deathbed, the king asked his brother and successor, James, not to let poor Nell starve. The new king paid most of the debts of Nell and gave him a pension of 1,500 pounds per year. James II pushed for her and her son to convert to Catholicism. After suffering two strokes, the first left her paralyzed on one side and the second fell on the bed, died on November 14, 1687 at thirty-seven years. King Charles II had already buried two years at the time of death of the beautiful Nell. Almost all of London attended his funeral, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. She was buried in the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London.
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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Gwyn
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