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Lucy Walter (* 1630 in Roch Castle, in der Nähe von Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales; † 1658 in Paris) war eine walisische Adlige, eine Mätressen des englischen Königs Karl II. und die Mutter von James Scott, 1.
23 de dez. de 2016 · Lucy Walter, Royal Mistress. Lucy Walter was one of the first of many mistresses of King Charles II of England. She came from a moderately well-to-do family and was the king’s mistress for a short time while he was in exile on the continent during the English Civil War. Charles was the acknowledged father of Lucy’s son James, Duke of ...
Biografie. Lucy Walter werd geboren als de dochter van William Walter en Elizabeth Plotheroe en ze groeide samen met haar broers in Roch Castle op. In 1638 verhuisde het gezin naar Londen en onderhield het contact met het koninklijk hof. Twee jaar later vertrok William Walter weer naar Wales waardoor zijn gezin financiële moeilijkheden kreeg.
12 de jan. de 2023 · Lucy Walter (c. 1630-1658), that "brown, beautiful, bold but insipid creature" (as contemporary writer John Evelyn dubbed her) was an English courtesan in the mid-17th century. She became the mistress of the vaguely noble Algernon Sidney at the age of 17.
Lucy Walter, also known as Mrs. Barlow and sometimes incorrectly as Lucy Walters or Lucy Waters, had gone to The Hague in 1644 and been a colonel's mistress there before becoming the famed mistress of England's King Charles II between 1648 and 1650. In 1649, she gave birth to Charles' illegitimate son, James.
Lucy Walter was the daughter of William Walter of Roch Castle, co. Pembroke, and Mr. S. Steinman, in his “Althorp Memoirs” (privately printed, 1869), sets out her pedigree, which is a good one. Roch Castle was taken and burnt by the Parliamentary forces in 1644, and Lucy was in London in 1648, where she made the acquaintance of Colonel ...
Lucy Walter or Lucy Barlow (c. 1630 – 1658) was a mistress of King Charles II of England and mother of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth. She is believed to have been born in 1630 or a little later at Roch Castle near Haverfordwest, Wales into a family of middling gentry. Rumours that she had married the king during his exile (and thus that ...
