Alexander, illegitimate son of Napoleon I
Alexander II, czar of Russia
Alexander II, king of Serbia
Alexandra, queen of Great Britain
Alfonso IV, king of Portugal
Alfonso XI, king of Castile
Amerval, Nicolas d’
Amphitryon
Anne, queen of England
Anne-Marie, cousin of Louis XIV
Anne of Austria
Antin, duc d’
Antonio, kidnapped “son” of Francesco de Medici
Argenson, marquis d’
Arlington, earl of
Arquien, Marie d’
Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland
Ayen, duc d’
Balzac, Henriette-Catherine de
see also Entragues, Henriette-Catherine de Balzac d’Barry, Stephen
bastards, royal
Bastille
Bathsheba
Battenburg, Louis
Béarn, comtesse de
Beaufort, duchesse de
see also Estrées, Gabrielle d’Beaurégard, countess of
see also Howard, HarrietBecu, Jeanne
see also du Barry, Marie Jeanne, comtesseBenedict, brother of Maria Walewska
Berkeley, George
Bernhardt, Sarah
Berwick, marshal duke of
biographies, contemporary
Bismarck, Otto von, chancellor of Germany
Black Masses
Blomberg, Barbara
Bloody Mary. See Mary I, Tudor, queen of England and Ireland
Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas
Boleyn, Anne, queen of England
Bonaparte, Mathilde
Bonaparte, Napoleon. See Napoleon I, emperor of France
Bonnivet, Admiral
Bontemps
Bose, Caspar
Brancas, duchesse de
Brissac, duc de
Buckingham, Lord
Bulwer, Edward Robert
Burford, earl of
Burnet, Bishop
Byron, Lord
Capestrano, prince of
Cappello, Bianca
Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great Britain
Caroline of Brunswick, queen of Great Britain
Castel, Viel
Castiglione, Virginie di
Castlemaine, countess of. See Castlemaine, Lady
Castlemaine, Lady
Castro, Inez de
Catherine, sister of Henri IV
Catherine de Medici, queen of France
Catherine of Braganza, queen of Britain
Catholic Church, Catholicism
on adultery Catholic League Catholic Panic Charles II and on divorce Henri IV and Kéroualle and on Pompadour during Renaissance Settlement Act of 1701 and in SpainCavour, Camillo
Caylus, Madame de
César, son of Gabrielle d’Estrées
Charles, duke of Richmond
Charles, illegitimate son of Charles II
Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles II, king of Britain
on brother Castlemaine and Catherine of Braganza and Catholic Church and children of Davis and duke of Monmouth and George I on gifts from Gwynn and Kéroualle and Louis XIV and Mancini andCharles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VII, king of France
Châteaubriant, dame de
Châteauroux, Madame de
Chesterfield, Lord
Chevalier, Etienne
Cheverny, Dufort de
Chevreuse, duchesse de
Choin, Emilie de
Choiseul-Romanet, Charlotte-Rosalie de
Choisy, abbé de
Christian IV, king of Denmark
Churchill, Arabella
Churchill, John
Church of England
Clarence, duke of
see also William IV, king of Great BritainClarendon, Edward
Clarendon, Lord Chancellor
Clark, Mary Anne
Cleveland, duchess of
see also Castlemaine, Lady; Palmer, BarbaraCleves, Anne of
Clifford, Rosamund de
Coislin, Marie-Anne de
Colbert, Jean Baptiste
Colyear, Sir David
Condé, prince de
Condé, princesse de
Condé family
Constanza, princess of Portugal
Conyngham, Lady
Conyngham, Lord
corsets
Cosel, Madame
Courtin, Honoré
Cromwell, Lord Thomas
Croy, prince de
Danby, Lord Treasurer
David, king of Israel
Davis, Moll
Delacroix, Caroline
Deleau, Anne
Deloraine, Lady
Denhoff, Maria Magdalena von
Diana, Princess of Wales
diaries
Dieskau, Mademoiselle
Dolguruky, Katia
Dorchester, duchess of
see also Sedley, CatherineDraga, queen of Serbia
du Barry, Guillaume, comte
du Barry, Marie Jeanne, comtesse
Duclos, Charles
du Mont, Monsieur
Duroc, Marshal
Edict of Nantes
Edward, Prince of Wales
see also Edward VII, king of Great Britain; Edward VIII, king of the United KingdomEdward III, king of England
Edward IV, king of England
Edward VII, king of Great Britain
see also Edward, Prince of WalesEdward VIII, king of the United Kingdom
see also Windsor, duke ofElbeuf, Princesse d’
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleonora, daughter of Francesco, archduke of Tuscany
Elizabeth, empress of Austria-Hungary
Elizabeth, empress of Russia
Elizabeth Charlotte, duchesse d’Orléans
Elizabeth I, queen of England
Elizabeth II, queen of Great Britain
Entragues, Henriette-Catherine de Balzac d’
Eric XIV, king of Sweden
Esher, Lord
Esterle, Madame d’
Esterle, Monsieur d’
Estrades, Madame d’
Estrées, Gabrielle d’
Etioles, Jeanne-Antoinette d’
see also Pompadour, marquise deEtioles, Le Normant d’
Eugénie, empress of France
Eulenberg, Count
Evelyn, John
Farnham, countess of
see also Kéroualle, Louise deFerdinando de Medici, archduke of Tuscany
Fielding, Robert
Filistri
Fitzjames, James
Foix, Françoise de
Fontanges, Marie-Angélique de
Francesco de Medici, archduke of Tuscany
François I, king of France
Franklin, Benjamin
Franz Josef I, emperor of Austria-Hungary
Frederick II “the Great,” king of Prussia
Frederick III, elector of Brandenburg
Frederick William, Prince
see also Frederick William II, king of PrussiaFrederick William II, king of Prussia
Frederick William III, king of Prussia
French Revolution
frigidity
of Kéroualle of Montijo of Pompadour
gambling debts
Gazzi, doctor to Archduchess Johanna
George, prince of Hanover
see also George II, king of Great BritainGeorge I, king of Great Britain
George II, king of Great Britain
George III, king of Great Britain
George IV, king of Great Britain
George V, king of Great Britain
George VI, king of Great Britain
Godfrey, Colonel Charles
Goncourt, Jules de
Grafton, duke of
Great Fire of London
Guibord, abbé de
Guise, Madame de
Guise, princess de
Guise family
Guzman, Leonor de
Gwynn, Nell
Haakon, crown prince of Norway
Hall, Jacob
Hamilton, duke of
Hamilton, George
Harald, king of Norway
Harry, Prince of Wales
Hausset, Madame du
Henrietta, mistress of Augustus the Strong
Henrietta, Princess
Henri II, king of France
Henri III, king of France
Henri IV, king of France
Henri of Navarre
see also Henri IV, king of FranceHenry II, king of England
Henry VIII, king of England
Hérouard, Dr.
Hervey, Lady
Hervey, Lord
Hitler, Adolf
Hoiby, Mette-Marit Tjessem
Hôtel de Soubise
Howard, Harriet
Howard, Henrietta
Howard, Mr.
Hoym, Madame
Huguenots
Hungerford, Sir Edward
illiteracy
inbreeding, royal
Inquisition
Isabella the Insane
James, duke of Monmouth
James II, king of England
Jermyn, Harry
Johan, king of Sweden
Johanna de Medici
Johanna of Austria
John, king of England
Johnson, Brimley
John the Imbecile
John V, king of Portugal
Jordan, Dorothy
Josepha, Princess
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Josephine, empress of France
Juana the Mad
Juan of Austria, Don
Jupiter
Karin, queen of Spain
Keppel, Alice
Kéroualle, Louise de
see also Portsmouth, duchess ofKielmansegge, Sophia Charlotte
kings
death of miserliness of queens and see also specific kingsKiss, Nicholas von
Königsmarck, Aurora von
Koninklijk Museum
Lady of Beauty. See Sorel, Agnes
La Fare, marquis de
La Ferté-Imbault, Madame de
La Fontaine, Jean de
Laking, Sir Francis
lampoons
Landsfeld, countess of
see also Montez, LolaLangtry, Edward
Langtry, Lillie
La Tournelle, Madame de
see also Châteauroux, Madame deLauragais, Madame de
La Vallière, Louise de
La Voisin
Lebel
Leczinska, Marie
legitimatization of children
Leopold II, king of Belgium
Le Parc aux Cerfs
letter writing
Lichtenau, Countess
see also Rietz, Wilhelmineliteracy
Lorraine, chevalier de
Louise-Françoise, Mademoiselle de Nantes
Louis XI, king of France
Louis XIV, king of France
on adultery Charles II and children of Choin and on death Fontanges and Kéroualle and La Vallière and libido of Ludres and Maintenon and Marie-Thérèse and Montespan and Philippe, duc d’Orléans and sister-in-law of Soubise and Visconti andLouis XV, king of France
Charlotte-Rosalie and children of du Barry and Mailly sisters and Marie and Pompadour andLouis XVI, king of France
Louvois, minister of France
Lubomirski, Madame
Lucia, mother of Antonio de Medici
Ludres, Madame de
Ludwig I, king of Bavaria
Ludwig II, king of Bavaria
Luyne, duc de
Lytton, First Earl of
Mailly, comte de
Mailly, Madame de
see also Mailly-Nesle, Louise-Julie deMailly, Marie-Anne
Mailly, Pauline-Félicité de
see also Ventimille, Madame deMailly-Nesle, Louise-Julie de
see also Mailly, Madame deMailly-Nesle, Marie-Anne
Maine, duc du
Maintenon, Madame de
maîtresse-en-titre
of Charles II discomforts of of François I of Louis XIV of Louis XV of Louis XVI maintaining the position of necessity of nobles on noblewomen as other mistresses and qualities of see also specific maîtresses-en-titreMalmesbury, Lord
Malta, order of
Mancini, Hortense
Mansdotter, Karin
Mantua, duke of
Marguerite de Valois, queen of France
Maria, queen of Castile
Maria Anna Christina, princess of Bavaria
Maria Louisa, empress of France
Maria Theresa, empress of Austria-Hungary
Marie, queen of France (m. Charles VII)
Marie, queen of France (m. LouisXV)
Marie Antoinette, queen of France
Marie de Medici, queen of France
Marie-Thérèse, queen of France
Marlborough, duke of
Marmontel
marriage, royal
Mary I, Tudor, queen of England and Ireland
Mary II, queen of Britain and Ireland
Mashin, Draga
Maurepas, comte de
Maurice, Count de Saxe
Maximilian II, king of Bavaria
Mayenne, duc de
Mazarin, duc de
Mazarin, duchess of
Medea
Medici, House of
Medici, Marie de
memoirs
Mercoeur, duc de
Mercoeur, duchesse de
Metternich, Princess
Mirapoix, Madame de
mistresses
Catholic Church and children of deaths of duties and hardships of husbands of on king’s death married to monarchs necessity of perks of poverty of power and political aspirations of public contempt for see also maîtresse-en-titre; specific mistressesModena, Mary of
Molière
Monaco, Princesse de
Monceaux, marquise de
see also Estrées, Gabrielle d’Mons, Anna
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley
Montespan, Athénaïs de
Montespan, marquis de
Montez, Lola
Montijo, Eugénie de
Montmorency, Charlotte de
Montmorency, duc de
Montmorency, Françoise de “Fosseuse,”
Montpensier, Anne-Marie de
Mortemart, Athénaïs
see also Montespan, Athénaïs deMunk, Kirsten
Nancy, bishop of
Napoleon I, emperor of France
Napoleon III, emperor of France
Nemours, duchesse de
Normandy, duke of
Noyer, Madame de
O’Murphy, Louise
Orkney, duchess of
Orkney, earl of
Orléans, Philippe d’
Ormonde, duke of
Ornano, Philippe Antoine d’
Palmer, Anne
Palmer, Barbara
Palmer, Roger
Parabère, Marie-Madeleine de
Parabère, Monsieur de
Parker-Bowles, Andrew
Parker-Bowles, Camilla
Pedro, king of Portugal
see also Pedro, prince of PortugalPedro, prince of Portugal
see also Pedro, king of PortugalPembroke, marchioness of
see also Boleyn, AnnePepys, Samuel
Perrers, Alice
Petersfield, Baroness
see also Kéroualle, Louise dePeter the Great, czar of Russia
Philip II, king of Spain
Philip III, king of Spain
Philip IV, king of Spain
Philippe, duc d’Orléans
Pitt, William
Plantagenet, Geoffrey
Poisson, Jeanne
see also Pompadour, marquise dePoitiers, Diane de
Pöllnitz, Karl von, count of Saxony
Pompadour, marquise de
see also Etioles, Jeanne-Antoinette d’Pope, Alexander
Portsmouth, duchess of
see also Kéroualle, Louise dePraslin, duchesse de
press, free
printing press
Protestant Church, Protestantism
Puyguilhem, marquis de
queens
hardships of kings and mistresses and purpose of see also specific queens
Racine, Jean Baptiste
Raime, Mademoiselle
Ravaillac
Ray, John
Renaissance
Reresby, Sir John
Ricci, Marie-Anne de
Richard I, king of England
Richelieu, duc de
Richmond, duchess of
Richmond, duke of
Rietz, Wilhelmine
see also Lichtenau, CountessRobert the Devil
Rochester, Lord
Romans, Mademoiselle de
Romsey, Lord
Royal Marriages Act of 1772
Rudolf, Crown Prince
Sainte-Beuve, Charles-Augustin
Saint-Simon, duc de
Santi, serving woman of Archduchess Johanna
Scarron, Françoise
Schratt, Katharina
Schulenberg, Ermengarda Melusina von
Sedley, Catherine
Serguidi, secretary of state of Tuscany
Settlement Act of 1701
Seven Years’ War
Sévigné, Madame de
Sèvres porcelain factory
Shakespeare, William
Shand, Camilla
Shand, Major
Shore, Jane
Simpson, Ernest
Simpson, Wallis Warfield
smallpox
Josepha with Louis XV with Mary II with mistresses nursing monarchs with scars from Schulenberg withSobieski, John, king of Poland
Sophia Dorothea, queen of Prussia
Sorel, Agnes
Soubise, prince de
Soubise, princesse de
Spencer, Lady
see also Diana, Princess of WalesSt. Albans, duke of
Staatliche Museum
Stainville, comte de
Stanhope, Philip Dormer
Stuart, Frances
Suffolk, duchess of
see also Schulenberg Ermengarda Melusina vonSully, duc de
taboret
Taisey-Châtenoy, marquise de
Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de
Teschen, princess of
Therese, queen of Bavaria
Tournehem, Le Normant de
Trundle, Guy
Tuscany, archduchess of
Uriah the Hittite
Ursins, Jean Juvenal des
Vaillant, Marshal
Valerie, Archduchess
Valois, Marguerite de
Vatel, François
Ventimille, Madame de
see also Mailly, Pauline-Félicité deVentimille, Monsieur de
Verneuil, marquise de
see also Entragues, Henriette-Catherine de Balzac d’Vesci, Eustace de
Vetsera, Maria
Villiers, Elizabeth
Villiers, George
Visconti, Primi
Voltaire
Wadsworth, Mary
Waldersee, Count Alfred von
Waldersee, Countess Mary von
Walewska, Maria, Countess
Walewski, Anastase, Count
Walmoden, Amelia von
see also Yarmouth, LadyWalpole, Lord Horace
War of the Austrian Succession
Warwick, Daisy, Lady
Wilhelm II, kaiser of Germany
Wilhelmina of Prussia
Willem, crown prince of the Netherlands
William, Frederick, prince of England
William, Prince. See Wilhelm II, kaiser of Germany
William, Prince of Wales
William I the Conqueror, king of England
William III, king of England and Scotland
William IV, king of Great Britain
see also Clarence, duke ofWindsor, duchess of
see also Simpson, Wallis WarfieldWindsor, duke of
see also Edward VIII, king of the United KingdomWycherley, William
Yarmouth, Lady
York, duke of
Zamet
Zorreguieta, Maxima