Cleveland, Barbara Villiers, duchess of, 1641-1709, mistress of King Charles II of England. She became Charles's mistress at Breda in 1660 and returned with him to England at the Restoration. The king made her husband, Roger Palmer, earl of Castlemaine. As Lady Castlemaine, Barbara Villiers was the archenemy of the earl of Clarendon, the lord chancellor, and her glee at his downfall (1667) is recorded in Pepys' diary. She was made duchess in 1670, but by 1671 had been supplanted in Charles's affections by Louise de Kéroualle (the future duchess of Portsmouth). She bore the king several children.

Villiers, Barbara: see Cleveland, Barbara Villiers, duchess of.

Villiers may refer to the following places or names:

Places

In Canada

• Villiers, Ontario, a small settlement near Peterborough

In France

• Villiers, in the Indre département
• Villiers, in the Vienne département
• Villiers-Adam, in the Val-d'Oise département
• Villiers-au-Bouin, in the Indre-et-Loire département
• Villiers-aux-Corneilles, in the Marne département
• Villiers-Charlemagne, in the Mayenne département
• Villiers-Couture, in the Charente-Maritime département
• Villiers-en-Bière, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Villiers-en-Bois, in the Deux-Sèvres département
• Villiers-en-Désœuvre, in the l'Eure département
• Villiers-en-Lieu, in the Haute-Marne département
• Villiers-en-Morvan, in the Côte-d'Or département
• Villiers-en-Plaine, in the Deux-Sèvres département
• Villiers-Fossard, in the Manche département
• Villiers-Herbisse, in the l'Aube département
• Villiers-le-Bâcle, in the l'Essonne département
• Villiers-le-Bel, in the Val-d'Oise département
• Villiers-le-Bois, in the l'Aube département
• Villiers-le-Duc, in the Côte-d'Or département
• Villiers-le-Mahieu, in the Yvelines département
• Villiers-le-Morhier, in the Eure-et-Loir département
• Villiers-le-Pré, in the Manche département
• Villiers-le-Roux, in the Charente département
• Villiers-lès-Aprey, in the Haute-Marne département
• Villiers-le-Sec, in the Calvados département
• Villiers-le-Sec, in the Haute-Marne département
• Villiers-le-Sec, in the Nièvre département
• Villiers-le-Sec, in the Val-d'Oise département
• Villiers-les-Hauts, in the l'Yonne département
• Villiers-Louis, in the l'Yonne département
• Villiers-Saint-Benoît, in the l'Yonne département
• Villiers-Saint-Denis, in the l'Aisne département
• Villiers-Saint-Frédéric, in the Yvelines département
• Villiers-Saint-Georges, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Villiers-Saint-Orien, in the Eure-et-Loir département
• Villiers-sous-Grez, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Villiers-sous-Mortagne, in the l'Orne département
• Villiers-sous-Praslin, in the l'Aube département
• Villiers-sur-Chizé, in the Deux-Sèvres département
• Villiers-sur-Loir, in the Loir-et-Cher département
• Villiers-sur-Marne, in the Val-de-Marne département
• Villiers-sur-Morin, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Villiers-sur-Orge, in the l'Essonne département
• Villiers-sur-Seine, in the Seine-et-Marne département
• Villiers-sur-Suize, in the Haute-Marne département
• Villiers-sur-Tholon, in the l'Yonne département
• Villiers-sur-Yonne, in the Nièvre département
• Villiers-Vineux, in the l'Yonne département

Villiers is also a station of the Paris Métro (lines 2 and 3).

In South Africa

• Villiers, Free State

In Switzerland

• Villiers, Switzerland, in the Val-de-Ruz district of the canton of Neuchâtel

People

• Abraham de Villiers, South African cricketer
• Alan Villiers
• André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers
• Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
• Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
• Charles Pelham Villiers
• Constance Villiers-Stuart
• Édouard de Villiers du Terrage
• Edward Villiers, Master of the Mint
• Edward Villiers, colonel, son of the previous
• Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey
• Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon
• Elizabeth Villiers
• Fanie de Villiers, South African cricketer
• Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey
• Frederick Villiers, journalist
• George Villiers of Brokesby
• Villiers Baronets
• George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
• George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
• George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
• George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey
• George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon
• George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey
• George Child-Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey
• George Child-Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey
• George Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey
• Gérard de Villiers
• James Villiers
• Jean de Villiers
• Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham
• Louis Coulon de Villiers
• Philippe de Villiers, French conservative politician
• Pieter De Villiers
• Priscilla de Villiers
• Sarah Villiers, Countess of Jersey
• Theresa Villiers is a conservative British MP
• Victor Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
• William Villiers, 2nd Earl of Jersey
• William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey
• William Villiers, 10th Earl of Jersey

Fictional Characters

• Villiers is a character in the Elizabethan play Edward III which was possibly written by William Shakespeare. He is based on an unnamed Norman knight mentioned in Jean Froissart's Chronicles who was held prisoner by Walter de Manny (de Manny is replaced by William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury in the play)
• Diana Villiers is a fictional character in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian
• Villiers, M's Assistant in the James Bond film Casino Royale

Companies

• Villiers Ltd UK engine, bicycle and motorcycle part manufacturers