• A royal mistress is the historical position and sometimes unofficial title of the extramarital lover of a monarch or an heir apparent, who was expected...
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    In the English or British court, a royal mistress is a woman who is the lover of a member of the royal family; specifically, the king. She may be taken...
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  • of England, Queen Consort of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and later the mistress and morganatic wife of Philippa’s widower King Eric. The parenthood of...
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    French royal mistresses. Waldrada, Princess of the Lombards Arnegundis Merofleda Clothilde Marcovefa Theogilda Fredgunde d'Ardennes (d. 597), mistress, then...
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    A mistress or kept woman is a woman who is in a relatively long-term sexual and romantic relationship with someone who is married to a different person...
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  • Royal mistress Maîtresse-en-titre, official mistress of a French king Mistress (form of address) Mistress (college), a female college head Mistress of...
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  • This article contains a list of notable Scottish royal mistresses. The list cannot be complete since some earlier kings had illegitimate children by unknown...
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    Arabella Churchill (23 February 1648 – 30 May 1730) was the mistress of King James II and VII, and the mother of four of his children (surnamed FitzJames...
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    The following were mistresses of Swedish royal family members. Jutta of Denmark (1246-1286/95), mistress of Valdemar 1464-1470: Kristina Abrahamsdotter...
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     1502 – 1540), commonly known during her lifetime as Bessie Blount, was a mistress of Henry VIII of England. Blount was the daughter of Sir John Blount and...
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    The maîtresse-en-titre (French: [mɛtʁɛs ɑ̃ titʁ]) was the official royal mistress of the King of France. The title was vaguely defined and used in the...
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  • often than not to street prostitution. Should not be confused with a royal mistress Those from wealthy backgrounds, either by birth or marriage, and who...
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    Mary Boleyn (category Mistresses of Henry VIII)
    marry Anne, the sister of his former mistress. Anne returned to England in January 1522; she soon joined the royal court as one of Queen Catherine's maids-of-honour...
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    Amy Brown (8 April 1783 – 7 May 1876) was the English mistress of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, younger son of King Charles X of France and Marie Thérèse...
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    Mariana Koskull (category Mistresses of Charles XIII)
    in Stockholm) was a Swedish noble and lady-in-waiting, known as the royal mistress of King Charles XIII of Sweden and King Charles XIV John of Sweden....
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    List of Russian royal mistresses and lovers includes mistresses, minions, favourites and simply lovers of the Russian emperors and reigning empresses...
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    Agnès Sorel (category Mistresses of French royalty)
    chief mistress of King Charles VII of France, by whom she bore four daughters. She is considered the first officially recognized royal mistress of a French...
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    Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (category Mistresses of Charles II of England)
    October 1709), was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England...
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    Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle (category Mistresses of Louis XV)
    XV, and was permitted by her spouse to become a royal mistress. Although she became the king's mistress in 1732, Louise Julie was not officially recognized...
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    The mistresses of Henry VIII included many notable women between 1509 and 1536. They have been the subject of biographies, novels and films. Elizabeth...
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    Antoinette de Maignelais (category Mistresses of French royalty)
    successor as royal mistress, according to contemporary chroniclers, although she had no children by the king. By 1459 she became the mistress of Francis...
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    Alice Keppel (category Mistresses of Edward VII)
    that the prince was "a much pleasanter child since he changed mistresses". Through her royal association, Keppel became more affluent. The king permitted...
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    Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (category Mistresses of James II of England)
    physician, scientist, poet and grandfather of Charles Darwin. English royal mistress Prioleau, Betsy (2004).Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and...
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    Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (category Mistresses of Henry IV of France)
    the sole mistress of Charles IX of France. Catherine Henriette de Balzac was raised at a time when women often sought to become a royal mistress to royalty...
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    Diane de Poitiers (category Mistresses of Henry II of France)
    prominent courtier. She wielded much power and influence as King Henry II's royal mistress and adviser until his death. Her position increased her wealth and family's...
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  • Ida de Tosny (category Mistresses of Henry II of England)
    Ida de Tosny, Countess of Norfolk (died after 1181), was a Norman royal mistress. Named after her grandmother Ida de Hainaut, she was the daughter of Ralph...
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    The mistress of the robes was the senior lady in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom, who would, by appointment, attend on the Queen (whether queen...
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    Moll Davis (category Mistresses of Charles II of England)
    courtesan and mistress of King Charles II of England. She was an actress and entertainer before and during her role as royal mistress. Mary Davis was...
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    Lillie Langtry (category Mistresses of Edward VII)
    Sea, Langtry's only novel Academy of Music/Riviera Theatre English royal mistress "When Celebrity Endorsers Go Bad". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2...
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    Else Hansen (category Mistresses of Danish royalty)
    (1720 – 4 September 1784), was the royal mistress of king Frederick V of Denmark. She was his most famous mistress and known in history as Madam Hansen...
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