Melusine von der Schulenburg
Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenburg, created Duchess of Munster in 1716, Duchess of Kendal in 1719, and Fürstin von Eberstein in 1723.
Daughter of Gustav Adolf von der Schulenburg (1632-1691) and his wife Petronella von Schwencken
Born: Emden (then Brandenburg) 25. Dec 1667
Maid of Honor to Electress Sophia of Hanover. She became the mistress of her son, Electoral Prince Georg Ludwig (1660-1727), araound 1691 and followed him to England when he succeded as King of Great Britain (as George I).
Illegitimate issue by George I. King of Great Britain and Ireland [officially the daughters of her sisters Margarethe Gertrud von der Schulenburg and Sophie Juliane von Oeynhausen respectively]:
Luise von der Schulenburg, cr. Gräfin von Delitz (1692-1773) m. 1707 (div.1722) Ernst August von dem Bussche-Ippenburg (1681-1761)
Melusine von der Schulenburg, cr. Countess of Walsingham (1693-1778) m. 1733 Philip Stanhope, 4. Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)
Gertrud von Oeynhausen, cr. Gräfin von Oeynhausen (1701-1728) m. 1721 Albrecht Wolfgang Graf zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1699-1748)
Died: Kendall House, Twickenham 10. May 1743
Buried: Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, London
Source: Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998, Vittorio Klostermann; Anthony Camp ”Royal Mistresses and Bastards. Fact and Fiction 1714-1936”, London 2007