Lucy Walter
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Lucy Walter, 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
Portrait by Peter Lely, c. 1650
Charles, Prince of Wales (later Charles II), late 1640s
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, Walter's son, circa 1682
General James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, Duke of Buccleuch was an English Army officer and courtier. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eld
Lucy Walter
…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…
James Scott at the siege of Maastricht in 1673, painted by Jan Wyck c. 1675
1873 illustration of Monmouth's capture
Baroness Wentworth