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Petronilla Melusina Von Der Schulenberg, Countess of Walsingham[1]

Female 1693 - 1778  (85 years)


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  • Name Petronilla Melusina Von Der Schulenberg  [2
    Suffix Countess of Walsingham 
    Birth 13 Apr 1693  Ramstedt, Schleswig Holstein, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Death 16 Sep 1778  Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I47721  Master
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2023 

    Family Lord Gov. Charles Calvert , 5th Baron Baltimore ,,   b. 26 Sep 1699, Epsom, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1751, Erich, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Benedict Swinegate Calvert,   b. 27 Jan 1722, Epsom, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1788, Mount Airy Plantation, Prince Georges, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F10839  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Petronilla Melusine von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham (1 April 1693 – 16 September 1778) was the natural daughter of King George I of Great Britain and his longtime mistress, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal.

      In 1722, Melusina was created Baroness Aldborough and Countess of Walsingham as a life peer.

      In Isleworth, Middlesex, on 5 September 1733 she married Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, a leading Whig politician.

      The couple had no children, but it is possible that she may have been the mother, through an intimacy with Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, of Benedict Swingate Calvert. Calvert was born in England in around 1730-32, the illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore. His mother's identity is not completely clear but some sources suggest that she was Melusina von der Schulenburg.

  • Sources 
    1. [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S1162] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).