Lola Montez photographed by Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, 1860
Born
Eliza Rosanna Gilbert
17 February 1821
Grange, County Sligo, Connacht, Ireland
Died
17 January 1861(1861-01-17) (aged 39)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Nationality
Irish
Other names
Donna Lola Montez, Maria Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld
Occupation(s)
Dancer, actress, lecturer, author
Spouses
Lieutenant Thomas James
(m. 1837; div. 1842)
George Trafford Heald
(m. 1849; div. 1850)
Patrick Hull
(m. 1853; div. 1853)
Partner(s)
King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1846–1848)
Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld[1] (17 February 1821 – 17 January 1861), better known by the stage name Lola Montez (/moʊnˈtɛz/), was an Irish dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan, and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who made her Gräfin von Landsfeld (Countess of Landsfeld). At the start of the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states, she was forced to flee. She proceeded to the United States via Austria, Switzerland, France and London, to return to her work as an entertainer and lecturer.
^Burr, C. Chauncey, Autobiography and lectures of Lola Montez, James Blackwood, London (1860) at Google Books
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