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

1693 - 1778  (85 years)

• Name	Petronilla Melusina Von Der Schulenberg  [2]
  Suffix	Countess of Walsingham
  Birth	13 Apr 1693	Ramstedt, Schleswig Holstein, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	16 Sep 1778	Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England   [2]
  Person ID	I47694	Master
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family	Lord Gov. Charles Calvert , 5th Baron Baltimore ,,   b. 26 Sep 1699, Epsom, Surrey, England d. 24 Apr 1751, Erich, Kent, England (Age 51 years)
  Children	+ 1. Benedict Swinegate Calvert,   b. 27 Jan 1722, Epsom, Surrey, England d. 9 Jan 1788, Mount Airy Plantation, Prince Georges, Maryland, USA (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F10831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Apr 1693 - Ramstedt, Schleswig Holstein, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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

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