Lola Montez
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Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, better known by the stage name Lola Montez, was an Irish dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan, and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who made
Lola Montez photographed by Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, 1860
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Lola Montez portrait by Joseph Heigel [de] before 1840
Lola Montez's lithography
Lola Montez with Alights-on-a-Cloud, 1850s
Ludwig I of Bavaria
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Ludwig I or Louis I was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's in
Lola Montez
…better known by the stage name Lola Montez (), was an Irish dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan, and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who made her Gräfin (Countess) von Landsfeld. At the start of the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states, she was forced to flee. She proceeded to…
Portrait of Ludwig I by Joseph Stieler, 1826
Ludwig I of Bavaria, c. 1830
Portrait of Lola Montez by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1847
Ludwig I of Bavaria, c. 1860