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Lucy Walter

1630 - 1658

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucy Walter is the 1,260th most popular nobleman (up from 1,274th in 2019), the 3,734th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,835th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Lucy Walter ranks 1,260 out of 1,415Before her are Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Humfrid, Frederick II, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Laodice IV, Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, and Narayan Rao. After her are Norihito, Prince Takamado, Neith, Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Princess Margarita of Baden, Shu-Ninua, and Artaxias IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1630, Lucy Walter ranks 26Before her are Nikolay Diletsky, Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Jean Richer, Lorenzo Gafà, Silvestro Valier, and Kaibara Ekken. After her is Sultan Bahu. Among people deceased in 1658, Lucy Walter ranks 7Before her are Oliver Cromwell, Baltasar Gracián, Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Richard Lovelace, Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Bertuccio Valier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lucy Walter ranks 3,735 out of 8,785Before her are Delia Derbyshire (1937), John Polkinghorne (1930), Joe Abercrombie (1974), Nigel Terry (1945), Billy McNeill (1940), and Jack McConnell (1960). After her are Don Revie (1927), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), Derek Bell (1941), Jennifer Saunders (1958), Jonny Greenwood (1971), and Thomas Middleton (1580).

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