frigidity of Kéroualle of Montijo of Pompadour
gambling debts
Gazzi, doctor to Archduchess Johanna
George, prince of Hanover see also George II, king of Great Britain
George I, king of Great Britain
George II, king of Great Britain
George III, king of Great Britain
George IV, king of Great Britain
George V, king of Great Britain
George VI, king of Great Britain
Godfrey, Colonel Charles
Goncourt, Jules de
Grafton, duke of
Great Fire of London
Guibord, abbé de
Guise, Madame de
Guise, princess de
Guise family
Guzman, Leonor de
Gwynn, Nell
Haakon, crown prince of Norway
Hall, Jacob
Hamilton, duke of
Hamilton, George
Harald, king of Norway
Harry, Prince of Wales
Hausset, Madame du
Henrietta, mistress of Augustus the Strong
Henrietta, Princess
Henri II, king of France
Henri III, king of France
Henri IV, king of France
Henri of Navarre see also Henri IV, king of France
Henry II, king of England
Henry VIII, king of England
Hérouard, Dr.
Hervey, Lady
Hervey, Lord
Hitler, Adolf
Hoiby, Mette-Marit Tjessem
Hôtel de Soubise
Howard, Harriet
Howard, Henrietta
Howard, Mr.
Hoym, Madame
Huguenots
Hungerford, Sir Edward
illiteracy
inbreeding, royal
Inquisition
Isabella the Insane
James, duke of Monmouth
James II, king of England
Jermyn, Harry
Johan, king of Sweden
Johanna de Medici
Johanna of Austria
John, king of England
Johnson, Brimley
John the Imbecile
John V, king of Portugal
Jordan, Dorothy
Josepha, Princess
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Josephine, empress of France
Juana the Mad
Juan of Austria, Don
Jupiter
Karin, queen of Spain
Keppel, Alice
Kéroualle, Louise de see also Portsmouth, duchess of
Kielmansegge, Sophia Charlotte
kings death of miserliness of queens and see also specific kings
Kiss, Nicholas von
Königsmarck, Aurora von
Koninklijk Museum
Lady of Beauty. See Sorel, Agnes
La Fare, marquis de
La Ferté-Imbault, Madame de
La Fontaine, Jean de
Laking, Sir Francis
lampoons
Landsfeld, countess of see also Montez, Lola
Langtry, Edward
Langtry, Lillie
La Tournelle, Madame de see also Châteauroux, Madame de
Lauragais, Madame de
La Vallière, Louise de
La Voisin
Lebel
Leczinska, Marie
legitimatization of children
Leopold II, king of Belgium
Le Parc aux Cerfs
letter writing
Lichtenau, Countess see also Rietz, Wilhelmine
literacy
Lorraine, chevalier de
Louise-Françoise, Mademoiselle de Nantes
Louis XI, king of France
Louis XIV, king of France on adultery Charles II and children of Choin and on death Fontanges and Kéroualle and La Vallière and libido of Ludres and Maintenon and Marie-Thérèse and Montespan and Philippe, duc d’Orléans and sister-in-law of Soubise and Visconti and
Louis XV, king of France Charlotte-Rosalie and children of du Barry and Mailly sisters and Marie and Pompadour and
Louis XVI, king of France
Louvois, minister of France
Lubomirski, Madame
Lucia, mother of Antonio de Medici
Ludres, Madame de
Ludwig I, king of Bavaria
Ludwig II, king of Bavaria
Luyne, duc de
Lytton, First Earl of
Mailly, comte de
Mailly, Madame de see also Mailly-Nesle, Louise-Julie de
Mailly, Marie-Anne
Mailly, Pauline-Félicité de see also Ventimille, Madame de
Mailly-Nesle, Louise-Julie de see also Mailly, Madame de
Mailly-Nesle, Marie-Anne
Maine, duc du
Maintenon, Madame de
maîtresse-en-titre of Charles II discomforts of of François I of Louis XIV of Louis XV of Louis XVI maintaining the position of necessity of nobles on noblewomen as other mistresses and qualities of see also specific maîtresses-en-titre
Malmesbury, Lord
Malta, order of
Mancini, Hortense
Mansdotter, Karin
Mantua, duke of
Marguerite de Valois, queen of France
Maria, queen of Castile
Maria Anna Christina, princess of Bavaria
Maria Louisa, empress of France
Maria Theresa, empress of Austria-Hungary
Marie, queen of France (m. Charles VII)
Marie, queen of France (m. LouisXV)
Marie Antoinette, queen of France
Marie de Medici, queen of France
Marie-Thérèse, queen of France
Marlborough, duke of
Marmontel
marriage, royal
Mary I, Tudor, queen of England and Ireland
Mary II, queen of Britain and Ireland
Mashin, Draga
Maurepas, comte de
Maurice, Count de Saxe
Maximilian II, king of Bavaria
Mayenne, duc de
Mazarin, duc de
Mazarin, duchess of
Medea
Medici, House of
Medici, Marie de
memoirs
Mercoeur, duc de
Mercoeur, duchesse de
Metternich, Princess
Mirapoix, Madame de
mistresses Catholic Church and children of deaths of duties and hardships of husbands of on king’s death married to monarchs necessity of perks of poverty of power and political aspirations of public contempt for see also maîtresse-en-titre; specific mistresses
Modena, Mary of
Molière
Monaco, Princesse de
Monceaux, marquise de see also Estrées, Gabrielle d’
Mons, Anna
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley
Montespan, Athénaïs de
Montespan, marquis de
Montez, Lola
Montijo, Eugénie de
Montmorency, Charlotte de
Montmorency, duc de
Montmorency, Françoise de “Fosseuse,”
Montpensier, Anne-Marie de
Mortemart, Athénaïs see also Montespan, Athénaïs de
Munk, Kirsten
Nancy, bishop of
Napoleon I, emperor of France
Napoleon III, emperor of France
Nemours, duchesse de
Normandy, duke of
Noyer, Madame de
O’Murphy, Louise
Orkney, duchess of
Orkney, earl of
Orléans, Philippe d’
Ormonde, duke of
Ornano, Philippe Antoine d’
Palmer, Anne
Palmer, Barbara
Palmer, Roger
Parabère, Marie-Madeleine de
Parabère, Monsieur de
Parker-Bowles, Andrew
Parker-Bowles, Camilla
Pedro, king of Portugal see also Pedro, prince of Portugal
Pedro, prince of Portugal see also Pedro, king of Portugal
Pembroke, marchioness of see also Boleyn, Anne
Pepys, Samuel
Perrers, Alice
Petersfield, Baroness see also Kéroualle, Louise de
Peter the Great, czar of Russia
Philip II, king of Spain
Philip III, king of Spain
Philip IV, king of Spain
Philippe, duc d’Orléans
Pitt, William
Plantagenet, Geoffrey
Poisson, Jeanne see also Pompadour, marquise de
Poitiers, Diane de
Pöllnitz, Karl von, count of Saxony
Pompadour, marquise de see also Etioles, Jeanne-Antoinette d’
Pope, Alexander
Portsmouth, duchess of see also Kéroualle, Louise de
Praslin, duchesse de
press, free
printing press
Protestant Church, Protestantism
Puyguilhem, marquis de
queens hardships of kings and mistresses and purpose of see also specific queens
Racine, Jean Baptiste
Raime, Mademoiselle
Ravaillac
Ray, John
Renaissance
Reresby, Sir John
Ricci, Marie-Anne de
Richard I, king of England
Richelieu, duc de
Richmond, duchess of
Richmond, duke of
Rietz, Wilhelmine see also Lichtenau, Countess
Robert the Devil
Rochester, Lord
Romans, Mademoiselle de
Romsey, Lord
Royal Marriages Act of 1772
Rudolf, Crown Prince
Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin
Saint-Simon, duc de
Santi, serving woman of Archduchess Johanna
Scarron, Françoise
Schratt, Katharina
Schulenberg, Ermengarda Melusina von
Sedley, Catherine
Serguidi, secretary of state of Tuscany
Settlement Act of 1701
Seven Years’ War
Sévigné, Madame de
Sèvres porcelain factory
Shakespeare, William
Shand, Camilla
Shand, Major
Shore, Jane
Simpson, Ernest
Simpson, Wallis Warfield
smallpox Josepha with Louis XV with Mary II with mistresses nursing monarchs with scars from Schulenberg with
Sobieski, John, king of Poland
Sophia Dorothea, queen of Prussia
Sorel, Agnes
Soubise, prince de
Soubise, princesse de
Spencer, Lady see also Diana, Princess of Wales
St. Albans, duke of
Staatliche Museum
Stainville, comte de
Stanhope, Philip Dormer
Stuart, Frances
Suffolk, duchess of see also Schulenberg Ermengarda Melusina von
Sully, duc de
Taisey-Châtenoy, marquise de
Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de
Teschen, princess of
Therese, queen of Bavaria
Tournehem, Le Normant de
Trundle, Guy
Tuscany, archduchess of
Uriah the Hittite
Ursins, Jean Juvenal des
Vaillant, Marshal
Valerie, Archduchess
Valois, Marguerite de
Vatel, François
Ventimille, Madame de see also Mailly, Pauline-Félicité de
Ventimille, Monsieur de
Verneuil, marquise de see also Entragues, Henriette-Catherine de Balzac d’
Vesci, Eustace de
Vetsera, Maria
Villiers, Elizabeth
Villiers, George
Visconti, Primi
Voltaire
Wadsworth, Mary
Waldersee, Count Alfred von
Waldersee, Countess Mary von
Walewska, Maria, Countess
Walewski, Anastase, Count
Walmoden, Amelia von see also Yarmouth, Lady
Walpole, Lord Horace
War of the Austrian Succession
Warwick, Daisy, Lady
Wilhelm II, kaiser of Germany
Wilhelmina of Prussia
Willem, crown prince of the Netherlands
William, Frederick, prince of England
William, Prince. See Wilhelm II, kaiser of Germany
William, Prince of Wales
William I the Conqueror, king of England
William III, king of England and Scotland
William IV, king of Great Britain see also Clarence, duke of
Windsor, duchess of see also Simpson, Wallis Warfield
Windsor, duke of see also Edward VIII, king of the United Kingdom
Wycherley, William
Yarmouth, Lady
York, duke of
Zamet
Zorreguieta, Maxima
Acknowledgments
I am inexpressibly grateful to many individuals for their encouragement and assistance.
My late mother, the artist Louise Herman Donahue, nurtured me with creativity, encouraged my curiosity, and bequeathed to me unforgettable love and laughter. She gave me the priceless gift of dreaming, a gift that forever remains with me although she does not.
My father, journalist Walter Focke Herman, proud of his medieval royal ancestors, inspired me in my earliest years to love history. Sitting at his knee I first heard the screams of battle, smelled the smoke of burning castles, saw the pageantry of royal processions. To him I am also grateful for his hawkeyed editing of the manuscript.
My sister, Christine Merrill, an artist of rare talents successfully living her dream, prodded me constantly—often to my great annoyance—to live mine. I don’t believe I would have completed this project without her stubborn but loving insistence that I do so.
Many thanks to Susanne Becerril, Karen Griswold, and Helena Hoogterp for their unceasing encouragement and support of this project and its author.
I am particularly grateful to my good friend Leslie Harris, proprietor and designer of Noblesse Oblige Renaissance costumes, for getting me into the spirit, and the corset, of a royal mistress. Wearing one of their gorgeous but restricting gowns has sharpened my understanding of their gorgeous but restricted lives.
I am astonished at the patience of my wonderful husband, Michael Dyment, who listens to my nonstop chatter of kings and queens, of mistresses and royal bastards, and tolerates my elaborate court costumes at countless events without showing a shred of embarrassment.
Clearly this book would not have been possible without the diaries, letters, dispatches, and memoirs of the past, nor indeed without the dozens of biographies and histories written by modern authors reporting and interpreting the original sources. To all writers—past and present—upon whose work I have heavily relied, and who are listed in the bibliography, I am deeply grateful.
And lastly, to make sense out of the chaotic events of the past, the historian must view them through a particular philosophical prism. For this I am immeasurably indebted to A Course in Miracles, a work of keen psychological insight and great spiritual power.
About the Author
ELEANOR HERMAN was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She studied journalism and German at Towson State University and languages in Europe. For eight years she was associate publisher for North America for NATO’s Nations and Partners for Peace magazine. She is married and lives in McLean, Virginia, where she writes history from a woman’s perspective.
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Cover design by Beth Middleworth
Cover painting: The Great Odalisque, 1814, by Jean-Auguste-
Dominique Ingres, oil on canvas, 91cm x 182cm, photograph by Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New York
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