Carlotta Valentia

Carlotta Valentia is a character in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. She serves as a food-vending merchant in Whiterun. If the Dragonborn sides with the Stormcloaks or stays neutral, she mentions that they have been harassing her. However, if the player sides with the Imperials, marriage is impossible. With the Amulet of Mara, Carlotta can be married. She says that she gets a lot of attention from men, but all that matters to her is her daughter, Mila. She can give you an unmarked quest in which you must tell the bard in the Whiterun inn Mikael to leave her alone. You can persuade him, bribe him or fight him, in a fist fight. The reward scales by level.

Carlotta Valentia can appear in your home in Whiterun when you enter. If this happens, she will go into more detail about her daughter's location. You can also for some reason sleep in her bed. It might be part of the glitch, if the game thinks you are already married.

Bugs

 * A bug affecting all platforms causes the dialogue option involving marriage to not show up; even after completion of her quest. On PC, it is possible to fix this by opening the console, clicking her and typing "addfac 19809 1"


 * If married, and asked to move, her daughter (Mila) will stay behind in Whiterun.


 * It is also possible that instead of being a glitch, Carlotta was originally supposed to be marriable, but was removed by Bethesda at the last minute, possibly because of (programming) complications with her having a daughter.


 * Despite her dialogue indicating that she is dedicated to making enough money to take care of her daughter, the player is unable to invest in her business with the Investor perk. This partly supports the above supposition that Carlotta's eligibility for marriage was removed at the last minute.