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14 unusual facts about Lola Montez


Anna Sprengel

Anna Sprengel (allegedly died in 1891), countess of Landsfeldt, love-child of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Lola Montez, is a person whose existence was never proven, and whom it now seems was invented by William Wynn Westcott to confer legitimacy on the Golden Dawn.

Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria

They had four children (with whom she always spoke Italian), including Ludwig III of Bavaria and she was a great support for Luitpold in all his political activities - during the 1848 Revolution she spoke against Lola Montez and sought to isolate opponents of the monarchy.

Charles Brifaut

He was associated with the editing of the memoirs of the actress Lola Montez, one of the lovers of Alexandre Dumas (Aventures de la celèbre danseuse raconté par elle-même, 1847).

Ethyl Eichelberger

He often performed solo works in free verse based on the lives of the grand dames of history, including Lucrezia Borgia, Jocasta, Medea, Lola Montez, Nefertiti, Clytemnestra, and Carlotta, Empress of Mexico.

Grange, County Sligo

However, its one claim to fame is as the birthplace of Lola Montez - dancer, courtesan and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Ingrid Caven

Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King (Ludwig – Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König) (1972) - Lola Montez

Jacques Laurent

The 1955 film Lola Montès, directed by Max Ophüls, was based on his historic novel based on the life of Lola Montez.

Karl von Abel

Abel was dismissed from power on 17 February 1847 when he and the other ministers opposed the naturalisation of the Kings' young lady Lola Montez.

Leila Mackinlay

Some of her novels are based on real people like Madame Vestris, Lola Montez or Jane Elizabeth Digby; she also wrote Musical Productions, a musical book.

Some of her novels are based in real people like, Madame Vestris, Lola Montez or Jane Elizabeth Digby, she also wrote Musical Productions, a musical book.

Lola Montes

Lola Montez (1821–1861), stage name of Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert, Irish-born Spanish dancer and courtesan

Montgomery Block

Its tenants included artists and writers of all kind and it also hosted many illustrious visitors, among them Jack London, George Sterling, Lola Montez, Lotta Crabtree, Gelett Burgess, Maynard Dixon, Frank Norris, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, the Booths and Mark Twain.

Mount Lola

The Mount Lola is named for Lola Montez, a famous resident of Nevada County, who lived in Grass Valley in the 1850s.

Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen

She was the object of great sympathy during her husband's infidelity with Lola Montez, which caused him to abdicate in 1848.


Holbrooke Hotel

Several notable people stayed at the hotel including “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, Lotta Crabtree, Bob Fitzsimmons, Bret Harte, Jack London, Lola Montez, Emma Nevada, Mark Twain, and five US Presidents: Grover Cleveland, James Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and Herbert Hoover.

Royal Flash

The story features Lola Montez, and Otto von Bismarck as major characters, and fictionalises elements of the Schleswig-Holstein Question, 1843, 1847 and 1848.