Mary Capel, Countess of Essex
Noble person
1679 – 1726
Who was Mary Capel, Countess of Essex?
Mary Capel, Countess of Essex, born Lady Mary Bentinck, was the daughter of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of stadtholder William, Prince of Orange and his wife Anne Villiers.
Mary is one of the Hampton Court Beauties who was painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Queen Mary II. Despite sharing a surname, Mary's aunt, Barbara Villiers, Viscountess FitzHarding was not the renowned courtesan and Windsor Beauty the Duchess of Cleveland, although there is a relation; the Duchess of Cleveland was Mary's first cousin once removed through her mother, Anne Villiers. Nevertheless Barbara Villiers was painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
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- Born
- 1679
- Also known as
- Lady Mary Bentinck
- Parents
- Died
- Aug 26, 1726
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on July 23, 2013
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