POLITICIAN
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
1640 - 1709
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine (née Barbara Villiers VIL-ərz; 27 November [O.S. 17 November] 1640 – 9 October 1709), was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children, all of them acknowledged and subsequently ennobled. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland has received more than 928,968 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland is the 8,733rd most popular politician (up from 9,493rd in 2019), the 1,739th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,012th in 2019) and the 269th most popular British Politician.
Memorability Metrics
930k
Page Views (PV)
61.21
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
25
Languages Editions (L)
3.37
Effective Languages (L*)
3.40
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among POLITICIANS
Among politicians, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland ranks 8,733 out of 19,576. Before her are Leo I, Prince of Armenia, Antanas Merkys, Giovanni Spadolini, Manlio Brosio, Liu Yongfu, and Liu Penzi. After her are Giselbert of Luxembourg, Phraates I, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Simon I, Duke of Lorraine, Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark, and Owain Glyndŵr.
Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsLeo I, Prince of Armenia
1100 - 1140
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 8,727
Antanas Merkys
1887 - 1955
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 8,728
Giovanni Spadolini
1925 - 1994
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 8,729
Manlio Brosio
1897 - 1980
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 8,730
Liu Yongfu
1837 - 1917
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 8,731
Liu Penzi
11 - 100
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 8,732
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
1640 - 1709
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 8,733
Giselbert of Luxembourg
1007 - 1059
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 8,734
Phraates I
190 BC - 171 BC
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 8,735
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
1972 - Present
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 8,736
Simon I, Duke of Lorraine
1076 - 1139
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 8,737
Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark
1211 - 1231
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 8,738
Owain Glyndŵr
1359 - 1415
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 8,739
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1640, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland ranks 12. Before her are Pu Songling, La Voisin, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Gaspar Sanz, Aphra Behn, and Antoine Coysevox. After her are Abraham Mignon, Philippe de La Hire, Mariana Alcoforado, Jacques Ozanam, Willem de Vlamingh, and Gerard de Lairesse. Among people deceased in 1709, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland ranks 14. Before her are Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, François de la Chaise, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, and George Rooke. After her are Dimitry of Rostov, Thomas Corneille, Abraham a Sancta Clara, Alvise II Mocenigo, Jean-François Regnard, and Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Others Born in 1640
Go to all RankingsPu Songling
WRITER
1640 - 1715
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 6
La Voisin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1640 - 1680
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 7
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
COMPOSER
1640 - 1700
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 8
Gaspar Sanz
COMPOSER
1640 - 1710
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 9
Aphra Behn
WRITER
1640 - 1689
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 10
Antoine Coysevox
SCULPTOR
1640 - 1720
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 11
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
POLITICIAN
1640 - 1709
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 12
Abraham Mignon
PAINTER
1640 - 1679
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 13
Philippe de La Hire
MATHEMATICIAN
1640 - 1718
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 14
Mariana Alcoforado
WRITER
1640 - 1723
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 15
Jacques Ozanam
MATHEMATICIAN
1640 - 1718
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 16
Willem de Vlamingh
EXPLORER
1640 - 1698
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 17
Gerard de Lairesse
PAINTER
1640 - 1711
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 18
Others Deceased in 1709
Go to all RankingsHenri Jules, Prince of Condé
POLITICIAN
1643 - 1709
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 8
Giovanni Battista Gaulli
PAINTER
1639 - 1709
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 9
François de la Chaise
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1624 - 1709
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 10
Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
POLITICIAN
1647 - 1709
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 11
Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano
POLITICIAN
1628 - 1709
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 12
George Rooke
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1650 - 1709
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 13
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
POLITICIAN
1640 - 1709
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 14
Dimitry of Rostov
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1651 - 1709
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 15
Thomas Corneille
WRITER
1625 - 1709
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 16
Abraham a Sancta Clara
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1644 - 1709
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 17
Alvise II Mocenigo
POLITICIAN
1628 - 1709
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 18
Jean-François Regnard
WRITER
1655 - 1709
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 19
Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
NOBLEMAN
1640 - 1709
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 20
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland ranks 1,739 out of 8,785. Before her are Edward Low (1690), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), William Cullen (1710), Terry Eagleton (1943), Gordon Ramsay (1966), and David Gill (1843). After her are Steven Runciman (1903), Anthony Quayle (1913), Margaret Scriven (1912), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), Philip Sidney (1554), and Geri Halliwell (1972).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsEdward Low
PIRATE
1690 - 1724
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 1,733
Frederic W. H. Myers
WRITER
1843 - 1901
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 1,734
William Cullen
PHYSICIAN
1710 - 1790
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 1,735
Terry Eagleton
WRITER
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 1,736
Gordon Ramsay
CHEF
1966 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 1,737
David Gill
ASTRONOMER
1843 - 1914
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 1,738
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
POLITICIAN
1640 - 1709
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 1,739
Steven Runciman
HISTORIAN
1903 - 2000
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 1,740
Anthony Quayle
ACTOR
1913 - 1989
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 1,741
Margaret Scriven
TENNIS PLAYER
1912 - 2001
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 1,742
Owain Glyndŵr
POLITICIAN
1359 - 1415
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 1,743
Philip Sidney
WRITER
1554 - 1586
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 1,744
Geri Halliwell
SINGER
1972 - Present
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 1,745
Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland ranks 269. Before her are Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Lulach (1030), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), and Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862). After her are Owain Glyndŵr (1359), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), Donald Maclean (1913), Asma al-Assad (1975), and Ernest Bevin (1881).
Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire
1477 - 1539
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 263
Lulach
1030 - 1058
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 264
Eadgifu of Wessex
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 265
Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom
1777 - 1848
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 266
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
1870 - 1948
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 267
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
1862 - 1933
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 268
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
1640 - 1709
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 269
Owain Glyndŵr
1359 - 1415
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 270
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
1475 - 1499
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 271
Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester
1215 - 1275
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 272
Donald Maclean
1913 - 1983
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 273
Asma al-Assad
1975 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 274
Ernest Bevin
1881 - 1951
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 275