Lucy Walter was born into Welsh gentry as the daughter of William Walter and his wife, born Elizabeth Prothero, daughter of John Prothero and niece of John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery.
12 Facts About Lucy Walter
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Lucy Walter was probably born in 1630 at her family's home, Roch Castle near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales, and had two brothers, Richard and Justus.
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In 1647, when Lucy Walter was 17, after a long legal battle between her parents, the House of Lords ordered her and her brothers to live with their father as their mother could no longer afford to keep them.
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Lucy Walter then sailed to the Dutch Republic, either alone or with her uncle, to join the exiled court of Charles, Prince of Wales in The Hague, hoping to find a lover among the many young aristocrats there.
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Lucy Walter briefly became the mistress of Lord Robert Sidney, brother of Algernon Sidney.
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The child was sent away to a wet nurse near Rotterdam, while Lucy Walter went to live in Antwerp.
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Lucy Walter's mother took him to Paris for his safety, where she had an affair with Theobald Taaffe, 2nd Viscount Taaffe.
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Lucy Walter then returned to The Hague and became the mistress of Lord Thomas Howard, brother of the 3rd Earl of Suffolk.
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Lucy Walter went to live in London with Lord Thomas, her children and a maid, Ann Hill.
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Lucy Walter threatened him with releasing his letters to the public if he didn't pay.
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Lucy Walter made a General Confession of her life to John Cosin, future Bishop of Durham, insisting that she had married King Charles.
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Lucy Walter allegedly gave proof of thus to Cosin, which he kept in a black box.