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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.
- James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Mary Crofts
- Lucy Barlow (pseudonym)
15 de abr. de 2024 · Lucy Walter was the mistress of the British king Charles II and mother of James Scott, duke of Monmouth. Her family, the Walters, were Welsh of good standing who declared for King Charles I during the Civil War. Roch Castle having been captured and burned by the Parliamentary forces in 1644, Lucy.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
23 de dez. de 2016 · Learn about Lucy Walter, one of the first mistresses of King Charles II of England, who bore him a son James, Duke of Monmouth. Discover her life story, from her Welsh origins to her exile in the Netherlands and France, and her involvement in the political crisis of 1685.
29 de mar. de 2015 · Learn about the life and scandals of Lucy Walter, one of the many mistresses of King Charles II and mother to James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth. Discover the mystery of the black box and the rumour of their marriage.
8 de mar. de 2017 · Abstract. This article examines the challenges to maintaining royal authority during periods of exile by focusing on the relationship between Charles II and Lucy Walter, who became the king’s mistress and the mother of his firstborn child James, the future Duke of Monmouth.
- Nicole Greenspan
- 2016
Learn about Lucy Walter, a Welsh woman who had affairs with Charles II and James, Duke of Monmouth, and was deported and imprisoned by Cromwell. Find out why her ghost is said to haunt Roch Castle, her birthplace.
Among other sordid reports of blackmail, prostitution and bribery, O’Neill overhead Lucy discussing the best way to murder her maid – Lucy reckoned by driving a knitting needle into her ear while she sleep so that there was no evidence of the crime – because the maid had threatened to disclose tales of Lucy having abortions (more likely ...
