Lucy Walter

Lucy Walter
Portrait by Peter Lely, c. 1650
Bornc. 1630
Died1658 (aged c. 28)
Other namesLucy Barlow (pseudonym)
Partner(s)Lord Robert Sidney
Charles II of England
Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford
Sir Henry de Vic
Lord Thomas Howard
ChildrenJames Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
Mary Crofts
Parent(s)William Walter
Elizabeth Protheroe

Lucy Walter (c. 1630 – 1658), also known as Lucy Barlow, was the first mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James, Duke of Monmouth. During the Exclusion Crisis, a Protestant faction wanted to make her son heir to the throne, fuelled by the rumour that the king might have married Lucy, a claim which he denied.


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