Lola Montex, Bad Girl of the Victorian Times, was Mistress to King Ludwig I of Bavaria.
This week’s article focuses on Lola Montez, best known as the temperamental mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Lola has gotten a bad rap in history, mainly for her penchant for horse whipping people in the streets if she felt they slighted her. To her credit, a lot of people in Bavaria did slight her while she was King Ludwig I mistress.
Lola’s story is much more than that of royal paramour. She was a highly determined, ambitious woman. Even though she was only Ludwig’s mistress for 19 months, she helped shaped many political reforms in Bavaria, winning her the support of protestants throughout the German States.
Lola’s extensive travels brought her to United States, where she joined the Episcopal Church and donated to the Magdalene Society, a charity dedicated to reformed prostitutes.
For More Readings on Lola, check out Sex With Kings, by Eleanor Herman or Cupid and The King by HRH Princess Michael of Kent.
