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By Marguerite or Margaret de Carteret
  • Letters claiming that she bore Charles a son named James de la Cloche in 1646 are dismissed by historians as forgeries. By Lucy Walter (c.1630–1658)
  • James Crofts, later Scott (1649–1685), created Duke of Monmouth (1663) in England and Duke of Buccleuch (1663) in Scotland. Ancestor of Sarah, Duchess of York. Lucy Walter had a daughter, Mary Crofts, born after James, but Charles II wasn't the father. By Barbara Villiers Palmer (1641–1709), wife of Roger Palmer, 1st Earl of Castlemaine created Duchess of Cleveland in her own right
  • Anne Palmer (Fitzroy) (1661–1722), Countess of Sussex, married Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex. She may have been the daughter of Roger Palmer, but Charles accepted her anyway.
  • Charles Fitzroy (1662–1730) created Duke of Southampton (1675), became 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1709)
  • Henry Fitzroy (1663–1690), created Earl of Euston (1672), Duke of Grafton (1675), also 7 Greats-Grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
  • Charlotte Fitzroy (1664–1717). She married Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield.
  • George Fitzroy (1665–1716), created Earl of Northumberland (1674), Duke of Northumberland (1678)
  • Barbara (Benedicta) Fitzroy (1672–1737) – She was probably the child of John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, who was another of Castlemaine's many lovers, and was never acknowledged by Charles as his own daughter. By Nell Gwyn (1650–1687)
  • Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726), created Duke of St Albans (1684)
  • James, Lord Beauclerk (1671–1680) By Louise Renée de Penancoet de Kéroualle (1649–1734), created Duchess of Portsmouth in her own right (1673)
  • Charles Lennox (1672–1723), created Duke of Richmond (1675) in England and Duke of Lennox (1675) in Scotland. Ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, and Sarah, Duchess of York. By Mary 'Moll' Davis, courtesan and actress of repute
  • Lady Mary Tudor (1673–1726), married Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater; after Edward's death, she married Henry Graham, and upon his death she married James Rooke. Other probable mistresses:
  • Christabella Wyndham
  • Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin
  • Winifred Wells – one of the Queen's Maids of Honour
  • Jane Roberts – the daughter of a clergyman
  • Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Countess of Kildare

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