Margaret Hughes

Abt 1643 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Margaret Hughes  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	Abt 1623-1643	Warwickshire, Rhode Island   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Alt. Birth	Est 1651  [5]
  Name	Peg Hughes  [5]
  Residence	England   [5]
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1556	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2015

  
  

  Family 1	King Charles II of England and Ireland,   b. 29 May 1630, Saint James', London, , Greater London, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Type: Unmarried
  Status	Unmarried
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F6523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Prince Rupert von der Pfalz, Duke of Cumberland,   b. 17 Dec 1619, Prague, Prague, Czechoslovakia ,   d. 29 Nov 1682, Springs Gardens, Middlesex, England  (Age 62 years)
  Children	+ 1. Ruperta Wittlesbach,   b. 1671, Cumberland ,   d. 4 Apr 1726  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2015
  Family ID	F543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Hughs → Margaret

  
  

• Notes

  As Peg Hughes she was a celebrated actress and as such caught the eye of King Charles II, if only fleetingly. Her attachment to the King's cousin, Prince Rupert, Duke of Cumberland, was more lasting. She gave birth to his daughter, appropriately named Ruperta. It was said of her that she 'soothed Prince Rupert's old age'. Even though she was regarded as Prince Rupert's morganatic wife, at one stage his elder brother, Karl Ludwig, Elector Palatine, used their sister Sophie as an intermediary to sound out Rupert as to whether he was willing to marry appropriately and return to the Palatinate. Sophie, Electress of Hanover, sent him a boatload of Hanoverian deer for Windsor Great Park, which Rupert gratefully and graciously accepted. However, he also remembered his oath that he had finished with the Palatinate after his brother stingingly had denied him his heritage. He had no intention of leaving Mrs. Margaret Hughes or their daughter. Margaret remained on friendly terms with Rupert's sister and sent her shoes from London. However, Sophie's thank-you note maintained that they were 'the prettiest in the world, only too small'. From Prince Rupert she received a magnificent pearl-necklace which, after his death, she sold to Nell Gwynn for over four thousand guineas. Leo van de Pas – 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Ancestral File, FamilySearch, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, 1995-2005), B3QJ-PM (Reliability: 4). Genealogical Department Medieval Families Unit [S9] Ancestral File, FamilySearch, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, 1995-2005), 9G8P-3H (Reliability: 3). [S27] Munson Lee Family Tree, Kitty Munson Cooper, http://www.kittymunson.com/GEDbrows/g1704.html#I34092 (Reliability: 3). [S28] World Roots, Brigitte Gastel Lloyd & Leo van de Paz, (1995-2002), http://worldroots.com/foundation/personages/rupertpaldesc1619.htm (Reliability: 3). [S110] Leo's Genealogics, Leonardus Franciscus Maria van de Pas, (Perth, Australia: www.genealogics.org), I00019216 (Reliability: 4). ~ The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald.