The first official mistress of Denmark – Sophie Amalie Moth
Sophie Amalie was born in March 1654 as the youngest of six children. She was born straight into a life at the royal court. Her […]
The Royal Mistresses Series
Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ Blount – Mother of the King’s son
This article was written by Holly Sennett. ‘Bessie’ Elizabeth Blount, more commonly known to history as ‘Bessie’, was born around 1498-1500. Elizabeth was the daughter […]
Caroline Lacroix – The disputed wife of King Leopold II of Belgium
Caroline, who was actually born with the name Blanche, was born in 1883 as the thirteenth child of Jules Delacroix and his wife, Catherine. The […]
Alice Keppel – The beauty of the naughty nineties
Alice Frederica Edmonstone was born on 29 April 1868 in Strathblane, Scotland. Her father was a Baronet and an admiral in the Royal Navy and could, […]
Pretty Witty Nell – King Charles II’s mistress
Eleanor Gwyn was born in February 1650, when her future lover King Charles II of England was already twenty years old. Eleanor or Nell was […]
Athénaïs – Madame de Montespan
This is a guest article by Kate Braithwaite. Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, the famously beautiful and witty maîtresse-en-titre of the Sun King Louis XIV, […]