Lucy Walter
Lucy Walter | |
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Portrait by Peter Lely, c. 1650 | |
| Born | c. 1630 |
| Died | 1658 (aged c. 28) |
| Other names | Lucy Barlow (pseudonym) |
| Partner(s) | Lord Robert Sidney Charles II of England Theobald Taaffe, 1st Earl of Carlingford Sir Henry de Vic Lord Thomas Howard |
| Children | James 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.