▁inher ent ▁maj esty ▁he ▁possessed . ▁ ▁Charles ▁had ▁no ▁legit imate ▁children , ▁but ▁acknowled ged ▁a ▁dozen ▁by ▁seven ▁mist ress es , ▁including ▁five ▁by ▁Barbara ▁Vill iers , ▁Lady ▁Castle ma ine , ▁for ▁whom ▁the ▁D uk edom ▁of ▁Cleveland ▁was ▁created . ▁His ▁other ▁mist ress es ▁included ▁M oll ▁Davis , ▁Nell ▁G w yn , ▁Elizabeth ▁Kill ig rew , ▁Catherine ▁Peg ge , ▁Lucy ▁Walter ▁and ▁Louise ▁de ▁K ér ou aille , ▁Duch ess ▁of ▁Port sm outh . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁in ▁his ▁lifetime ▁he ▁was ▁often ▁nick named ▁" Old ▁Row ley ", ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁his ▁favour ite ▁race hor se , ▁notable ▁as ▁a ▁st all ion . ▁ ▁His ▁subjects ▁res ented ▁pay ing ▁tax es ▁that ▁were ▁spent ▁on ▁his ▁mist ress es ▁and ▁their ▁children , ▁many ▁of ▁whom ▁received ▁du ked oms ▁or ▁ear ld oms . ▁The ▁present ▁D uk es ▁of ▁Bu cc le uch , ▁Richmond , ▁G raft on ▁and ▁St ▁Alb ans ▁descend ▁from ▁Charles ▁in ▁un bro ken ▁male ▁line . ▁D iana , ▁Princess ▁of ▁Wales , ▁was ▁desc ended ▁from ▁two ▁of ▁Charles ' s ▁il leg it imate ▁sons : ▁the ▁D uk es ▁of ▁G raft on ▁and ▁Richmond . ▁D iana ' s ▁son , ▁Prince ▁William , ▁Duke ▁of ▁Cambridge , ▁second ▁in ▁line ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁throne , ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁British ▁monarch ▁desc ended ▁from ▁Charles