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dorothea jordan
The Royal Mistresses Series

Dorothea Jordan – The deserted love of William, Duke of Clarence

October 6, 2021 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

Dorothea Bland was born close to the city of Waterford in Ireland in November 1761 to parents Francis Bland and his Welsh mistress Grace Phillips. The couple had six children together in total, and Dorothea, who was often called Dora or Dorothy, was the third. Though not from a particularly affluent family Dorothea and her [read more]

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The Royal Mistresses Series

Lillie Langtry – “The Jersey Lily” (Part two)

November 15, 2020 Amy Eloise Kelly 2

Read part one here. Within a month of meeting each other; the Prince of Wales and Lillie were an item, and Lillie was regarded as the Prince’s first real mistress. They were soon seen everywhere together, which their respective spouses hated but could do little about. The pair were physically attracted to each other and [read more]

lillie langtry
The Royal Mistresses Series

Lillie Langtry – “The Jersey Lily” (Part one)

November 13, 2020 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

Emilie Charlotte le Breton, known as Lillie, was born on 13 October 1853 on the channel island of Jersey. We know little of Lillie’s childhood but do know that her parents were Emilie Davis and her husband William Corbet le Breton, who was a reverend. Lillie was one of seven children and was the only [read more]

Moll Davis
The Royal Mistresses Series

Moll Davis – Common actress to royal mistress

October 4, 2020 Amy Eloise Kelly 3

Mary Davis, better known as Moll, was supposedly born in the year 1648 in London. Her background and even the identities of her parents are a bit of a mystery, but it seems she was an illegitimate child of Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Berkshire and an unknown woman. Moll rose to fame as an [read more]

Elisabeth Marie of Austria
Austria

Elisabeth Marie of Austria – Getting away with murder

June 15, 2015 Moniek Bloks 1

Archduchess Elisabeth Marie was born on 2 September 1883 as the only child of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and Princess Stephanie of Belgium. She was nicknamed Erszi after the Hungarian form of her name Erzsebet. She was born at Schloss Laxenburg, where her parents had also had their honeymoon. Tragedy would strike when Elisabeth [read more]




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