Friday, 17 June 2011

Louis XIII and the Hunting Lodge in Versailles

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Well maybe not so very private since his little hunting lodge in Versailles was never really enjoyed by the king alone, there were his frie...
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Saturday, 31 July 2010

Louise de Keroualle Mistress to the King

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Charles II was known to have had many mistresses and one of them was the famous or indeed the infamous beauty Louise de Keroualle. Her bac...
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Thursday, 15 July 2010

Margaret Duchess of Portland and her Collection of Curiosities

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Margaret Cavendish was born into a family of devoted collectors, her mother obsessively collected china and proudly displayed it all over...
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Marie Angelique de Fontanges

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Marie Angelique de Fontanges was the last mistress of Louis XIV, who was by that time around forty while the lovely young Angelique was jus...
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Saturday, 5 June 2010

The early romance of Henriette-Anne of England and Louis XIV

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The year 1661 saw the birth of a new, innocent romance in the in the French royal family. This was between Henriette-Anne the seventeen y...
Sunday, 30 May 2010

Dorothea Jordan the actress, the courtesan, and the mistress of the future William IV

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Dorothea Jordan was born into a family that were involved in theatre with her mother being an actress and her father working in the theatr...
Sunday, 9 May 2010

Sophia Baddeley 18th Century's Stage Beauty

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So this being my first post and I thought Mrs. Baddeley, the English beauty of the eighteenth century is the perfect start to my blog. Her ...
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