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Charlotte Calvert

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  1. 1.  Charlotte Calvert was born in Nov 1702 (daughter of Benedict Leonard Calvert and Charlotte Lee).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Benedict Leonard Calvert was born on 21 Mar 1679 in Pebworth, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Worcester, England; died on 16 Apr 1715 in Epsom, Surrey, England.

    Notes:

    He was the second sone of Charle Calvert, and became his father's heir upon the death of his elder borther, Cecil in 1681.

    He married Lady Charlotte Lee, daughter of the 1st Earl of Lichfield by his wife the former Lady Charlotte FitzRoy, the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II. They had seven children.

    His great-granddaughter Eleanor Calvert Custis was the grandmother of Mary Anna custis Lee the wife of Gen. Robert E. Lee.

    Benedict married Charlotte Lee on 2 Jun 1698. Charlotte (daughter of Edward Henry Lee and Charlotte Fitzroy) was born on 13 Mar 1678 in St James Palace, London, England; died on 22 Jan 1721 in St James Palace, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Charlotte Lee was born on 13 Mar 1678 in St James Palace, London, England (daughter of Edward Henry Lee and Charlotte Fitzroy); died on 22 Jan 1721 in St James Palace, London, England.

    Notes:

    Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore
    Born 13 March 1678 (Old Style); 23 March 1678 (New Style)
    St. James's Park, St. James, London, England
    Died 22 January 1721 (Old Style); 1 February 1721 (New Style)
    Woodford Hall, Woodford, Essex, England
    Spouse(s)Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, Christopher Crowe
    Issue
    Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
    Hon. Benedict Leonard Calvert, Governor of Maryland
    Hon. Edward Henry Calvert
    Hon. Charlotte Calvert
    Hon. Jane Calvert
    Hon. Cecil Calvert
    Christopher Crowe
    Catherine Crowe
    Charlotte Crowe
    George Crowe
    Father
    Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield
    Mother
    Lady Charlotte Fitzroy
    ReligionAnglican
    Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore (13 March 1678 Old Style – 22 January 1721 Old Style), was an English noblewoman, and granddaughter of King Charles II of England and his mistress Barbara Villiers. She married in 1699, Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, from whom she separated in 1705; she later married Christopher Crowe. She was the mother of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, and of Benedict Leonard Calvert, who was Governor of Maryland from 1727–1731.

    Early life
    Lady Charlotte Lee was born on 13 March 1678 at St. James's Park, St. James, London.[2] She was the eldest of at least fourteen children of Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield (4 February 1663 – 14 July 1716) and Lady Charlotte Fitzroy (5 September 1664 – 17 February 1718), illegitimate daughter of King Charles II by his mistress Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine, Duchess of Cleveland. Lady Charlotte's mother was fourteen years old at the time of her birth, having married the Earl of Lichfield at the age of thirteen. Her father was also only fifteen at the time of her birth. Her paternal grandparents were Sir Francis Henry Lee of Ditchley, 4th Baronet of Quarendon and Elizabeth Pope, daughter of Thomas Pope, 2nd Earl of Downe.

    Marriage to Lord Baltimore
    Charlotte Lee's first husband, Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore
    On 2 January 1699, at the age of twenty, she married her first husband Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore (21 March 1679 – 16 April 1715), son of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore and Jane Lowe. Charlotte assumed the title of Lady Baltimore in February 1715, when her husband succeeded to the title of 4th Baron Baltimore upon the death of his father, the third Baron. The title of Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland had been lost to the third Baron during the Glorious Revolution and would be restored to Charles Calvert, the son of Charlotte and Benedict, upon the latter's death on 16 April 1715.

    Charlotte and Lord Baltimore had six children:

    Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, 18th Proprietor Governor of Maryland, FRS (29 September 1699 – 24 April 1751), married Mary Janssen, daughter of Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet Janssen and Williamsa Henley,[4] by whom he had three children, including Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, Louisa Calvert, and Caroline Calvert. He also had an illegitimate son, by the name of Benedict Swingate Calvert, who settled in Maryland, and married Elizabeth Calvert, by whom he had issue.

    Hon. Benedict Leonard Calvert, Governor of Maryland, (1727–1731). He died 1 June 1732 on his passage home to England.

    Hon. Edward Henry Calvert (born ca. 1700), held office of Commissary General and President of the council of Maryland, was married without issue.

    Hon. Charlotte Calvert (died December 1744), married Thomas Breerwood, by whom she had a son, Francis Breerwood.

    Hon. Jane Calvert (died July 1778), married John Hyde, by whom she had issue John Hyde, Henry Hyde and Mary Calvert Hyde, wife of George Mitchell and mother of George Calvert Mitchell, 1st Earl of Royalton.

    Hon. Cecil Calvert (born 1702)
    Charlotte and Lord Baltimore were divorced in 1705. Charlotte had an affair in 1706 with Colonel Robert Fielding, then the (bigamous) husband of her grandmother the Duchess of Cleveland, and was rumoured to have borne a child by him, born 23 April 1707.

    Marriage to Christopher Crowe
    She married her second husband Christopher Crowe (c.1681 – 9 November 1749), Consul at Leghorn, sometime before 10 December 1719. Charlotte was three years older than her husband. This marriage produced four more children.

    Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, was the eldest son of Charlotte Lee and her first husband, Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore.

    Charlotte's four children from her second marriage:
    Christopher Crowe (1716–1776), married Barbara Duncombe
    Catherine Crowe (1717 – ?), married Roger Henry Gale
    Charlotte Crowe (1718–1742)
    George Crowe (25 November 1719 – 10 October 1782), married Anne Swift, by whom he had a son Robert.

    Death and legacy
    Charlotte Lee died of rheumatism on 22 January 1721 at Woodford Hall, Woodford, Essex. She was buried at Woodford on 29 January 1721. She died intestate and her estate was administered on 4 March 1721 at Woodford Hall.

    Ancestors of Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore:
    Sir Henry Lee, 1st Baronet
    Francis Henry Lee, 2nd Baronet
    Eleanor Wortley
    Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th Baronet of Quarendon
    Sir John St. John, 1st Baronet
    Anne St. John
    Anne Leighton
    Edward Henry Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield
    Sir William Pope
    Thomas Pope, 2nd Earl of Downe
    Elizabeth Watson
    Elizabeth Pope
    John Dutton
    Lucy Dutton
    Elizabeth Baynton
    Charlotte Lee
    James I of England
    Charles I of England
    Anne of Denmark
    Charles II of England
    Henri IV of France
    Henrietta Maria of France
    Marie de Medici
    Lady Charlotte Fitzroy
    Sir Edward Villiers
    William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison
    Barbara St. John
    Barbara Villiers
    Paul Bayning, 1st Viscount Bayning
    Mary Bayning
    Anne Glemham

    Children:
    1. Lord Gov. Charles Calvert , 5th Baron Baltimore , was born on 26 Sep 1699 in Epsom, Surrey, England; died on 24 Apr 1751 in Erich, Kent, England.
    2. Benedict Leonard Calvert was born on 20 Sep 1700 in , , , England; died on 1 Jun 1732.
    3. Edward Henry Calvert was born on 31 Aug 1701 in , , , England; died in 1730 in , , Maryland, USA.
    4. Cecilius Calvert was born in Nov 1702 in , , , England; died in 1765 in , , Maryland, USA.
    5. 1. Charlotte Calvert was born in Nov 1702.
    6. Jane Calvert was born in Nov 1703.
    7. Barbara Calvert was born on 03 Oct 1704.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Edward Henry Lee was born on 4 Feb 1663 in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, England (son of Francis Henry Lee and Lady Elizabeth Pope); died on 14 Jul 1716 in Greenwich, Greater London, London, England; was buried in Spelsbury, West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

    Edward married Charlotte Fitzroy in 1676. Charlotte (daughter of Charles II King of England and Barbara Villiers) was born on 5 Sep 1664 in London, London, England; died on 17 Feb 1718 in Westminster, Middlesex, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Charlotte Fitzroy was born on 5 Sep 1664 in London, London, England (daughter of Charles II King of England and Barbara Villiers); died on 17 Feb 1718 in Westminster, Middlesex, London, England.
    Children:
    1. Charles Lee died in 1708.
    2. Fitzroy Henry Lee died in 1720.
    3. Elizabeth Lee
    4. 3. Charlotte Lee was born on 13 Mar 1678 in St James Palace, London, England; died on 22 Jan 1721 in St James Palace, London, England.
    5. Charles Lee was born on 06 May 1680; died in Oct 1680.
    6. Edward Henry Lee was born on 06 Jun 1681; died on 21 Oct 1713.
    7. George Henry Lee was born on 12 Mar 1690; died on 13 Feb 1742.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Francis Henry Lee was born on 17 Jan 1638 in Ditchley, Oxfordshire, England (son of Francis Henry Lee and Anne St John); died on 4 Dec 1667; was buried in Spelsbury, West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

    Francis married Lady Elizabeth Pope in 1661 in Ditchley, Oxfordshire, England. Lady was born on 15 Apr 1645 in Cogges, Oxfordshire, England; died on 1 Jul 1719 in , , , England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Lady Elizabeth Pope was born on 15 Apr 1645 in Cogges, Oxfordshire, England; died on 1 Jul 1719 in , , , England.
    Children:
    1. 6. Edward Henry Lee was born on 4 Feb 1663 in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, England; died on 14 Jul 1716 in Greenwich, Greater London, London, England; was buried in Spelsbury, West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

  3. 14.  Charles II King of England was born on 29 May 1630 in St. James's Palace, St. James's, London, London, England (son of Charles I King of England and Henrietta Marie Princess of France); died on 6 Feb 1685.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Almondbury, Yorkshire, England

    Charles married Barbara Villiers. Barbara was born in Nov 1640 in St Margaret, Westminster, London, England; died on 9 Oct 1709. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Barbara Villiers was born in Nov 1640 in St Margaret, Westminster, London, England; died on 9 Oct 1709.
    Children:
    1. 7. Charlotte Fitzroy was born on 5 Sep 1664 in London, London, England; died on 17 Feb 1718 in Westminster, Middlesex, London, England.


Generation: 5

  1. 24.  Francis Henry Lee was born on 28 Feb 1615 in Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 23 Jul 1639 in Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, England.

    Francis married Anne St John on 2 Oct 1632 in Battersea, London, London, England. Anne was born on 5 Nov 1614 in Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England; died on 18 Mar 1695 in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 25.  Anne St John was born on 5 Nov 1614 in Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, England; died on 18 Mar 1695 in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 12. Francis Henry Lee was born on 17 Jan 1638 in Ditchley, Oxfordshire, England; died on 4 Dec 1667; was buried in Spelsbury, West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England.

  3. 28.  Charles I King of England was born on 23 Dec 1564 in Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland (son of Henry Stuart and Mary I Queen of Scots Stuart); died in 1660 in Middlesex, London, England; was buried on 20 Jun 1660 in London, London, England.

    Charles married Henrietta Marie Princess of France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 29.  Henrietta Marie Princess of France
    Children:
    1. 14. Charles II King of England was born on 29 May 1630 in St. James's Palace, St. James's, London, London, England; died on 6 Feb 1685.


Generation: 6

  1. 56.  Henry Stuart was born on 7 Dec 1545 in Temple, Yorkshire, England (son of Matthew Earl of Lennox Stuart and Margaret Douglas); died on 10 Feb 1567 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Henry married Mary I Queen of Scots Stuart on 29 Jul 1565 in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Mary was born on 8 Dec 1542 in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 8 Feb 1587 in Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 57.  Mary I Queen of Scots Stuart was born on 8 Dec 1542 in Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 8 Feb 1587 in Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 28. Charles I King of England was born on 23 Dec 1564 in Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland; died in 1660 in Middlesex, London, England; was buried on 20 Jun 1660 in London, London, England.


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