Catherine Pegge
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Bornc. 1635
KnownforMistress of Charles II of England
Spouse
Sir Edward Greene
(m. 1660; died 1676)Children
- Justinia Greene
- Illegitimate:
Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth - Catherine FitzCharles
Catherine Pegge | |
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| Born | c. 1635 |
| Known for | Mistress of Charles II of England |
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Sir Edward Greene
(m. 1660; died 1676) |
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Catherine Pegge (born c. 1635) was a long-term mistress of Charles II of England. She had two children by him, Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, and Catherine FitzCharles.
Catherine was the daughter of Thomas Pegge of Yeldersley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and his 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.
The Yeldersley branch descended from Thomas Pegge.[1]