Lucy Walter

Lucy Walter
Portrait by Peter Lely, c. 1650
Born	c. 1630 Roch Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Died	1658 (aged c. 28) Paris, France
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.