667: Mary Boleyn Carey Stafford Mistress of Henry VIII of England Born: c.1508, Norfolk, England (Present-day Norfolk, United Kingdom) Died: June or July 1543, Presumably England (Present-day England, United Kingdom) Mary was the king’s mistress before her sister Anne married him. Historians cannot exactly pinpoint which sister was elder, but if one believes Anne was…
666: Lucilla Empress of Rome Born: c.149, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Died: c.181, Capri, Roman Empire (Present-day Capri, Italy) Full Name: Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla Lucilla was Emperor Commodus’s Elder Sister. She was also the daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger, and the wife of Lucius Verus. In 161, Marcus Aurelius…
611: Liu Chuyu Chinese Princess of the Liu Song Dynasty Born: c. 446 AD, China Died: 465 AD, China Also Known As: Princess Shanyin or Princess Kuaiji Chuyu was the daughter of Emperor Xiaowu. It is said that Chuyu often complained to her brother after he became Emperor because he had ten thousand concubines and…
<<En quels terms en êtes-vous avec la vielle coquette?>> “What terms are you on with the old flirt?” Marie-Louise’s question to the King that saw her packed up and leaving Versailles. A bit of advice she learned the hard way: Don’t call the King’s favorite mistress an old woman! 576: Marie-Louise O’Murphy The Youngest Known…
“My great-grandmother was your great-great-grandfather’s mistress. How about it?” -Camilla’s first words to Charles (Source: Sex With Kings by Eleanor Herman) 573: Camilla HRH The Queen Consort Born: 17 July 1947, London, United Kingdom Previously Known As: Camilla Shand, Camilla Parker-Bowles, and Camilla HRH The Duchess of Cornwall Camilla did not use the designation Princess…
572: Draginja Obrenović Queen Consort and Wife of Aleksandar I of Serbia Born: 11 September 1864, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia Died: 11 June 1903, Belgrade, Serbia Also Known As: Draga Mašin Draga was formerly a lady-in-waiting to Aleksandar’s mother and had been previously married for three years, becoming a widower. She was the sixth of seven…
571: Ekaterina Dolgorukaya Wife of Alexander II of Russia Born: 2 November 1847, Moscow, Russia Died: 15 February 1922, Nice, France Also Known As: Yekatarina or Catherine Dolgorokuv Katya, as she was also known, came from a high society family. One of her ancestors had founded Moscow, while others were an ancient noble line going…
568: Inês de Castro Mistress and Posthumously Recognized Wife of Peter I of Portugal Born: c.1325, Kingdom of Galicia (Present-day Galicia, Spain) Died: 7 January 1355, Present-day Coimbra, Portugal Inês was a lady-in-waiting to Peter’s wife Constanza (who also happened to be Inês’s cousin). Peter (also known as Pedro I) fell head over heels in…
“I saw only you, I admired only you, I desire only you”. -Napoleon in a Letter to Marie 553: Marie Walewska, Napoleon’s Mistress Born: 7 December 1786, Warsaw, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Present-day Warsaw, Poland) Died: 11 December 1817, Paris, France Also Known As: Maria Walewska Marie was a member of the aristocracy who married well when she…
545: Claudia Octavia Empress of Rome Born: c.40 AD, Rome, Roman Empire (Present-day Rome, Italy) Died: 62 AD, Pandateria, Roman Empire (Present-day Ventotene, Italy) Claudia was the stepsister and wife of Nero, first cousin of Caligula, and daughter of Claudius. Nero treated her like crap—trying to strangle her on numerous occasions and divorcing her after…