Clementina Walkinshaw

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Clementina Walkinshaw c. 1760
Clementina Walkinshaw c. 1760

Clementina Walkinshaw (17201802) was the mistress of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. She was of a Jacobite family of Lanarkshire.

She joined Charles in the Low Countries during 1752. They were living at Liège. Their illegitimate daughter Charlotte, Duchess of Albany (October 1753 – Bologna, November 17, 1789) was also born at Liège.

In 1760, Clementina left Charles on account of his ill treatment of her. She was reportedly a victim of physical abuse by her lover.

She lived in Paris with her daughter Charlotte Stuart, under the name of the "Countess of Alberstrof". She died in Switzerland in 1802.

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