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17, 44, 45–46, 52, 187, 209,

Fisher, Kelly, 287

211, 222, 232, 233, 234

Fitzgerald, Lord Henry, 242

George IV, king of Great Britain,

Fitzherbert, Maria, 237–38, 245,

237–40, 243–46, 248,

250

249–50, 292

Flahaut, Charles de, 44

George Louis, duke of Hanover,

Flecha de Lima, Lucia, 283

122, 123–24

Fontanges, Marie-Angélique de, 2

death of, 126

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as George I of Britain, 124–25,

and Catherine of Aragon, 64, 65,

127

66–67

and Sophia Dorothea, 97,

and Jane Seymour, 68, 70, 74

99–105, 112–13, 119–20, 121

Hertford, Lady, 244

and von Schulenburg, 103, 106,

Hewitt, James, 8–9, 48, 275–76,

112, 124, 125, 126–27

277, 278, 279–80, 282, 285,

George William, duke of Celle,

287

98–100, 104, 117, 119

Hoare, Diane, 283

Gilbey, James, 281

Hoare, Oliver, 282–83

Giron, Monsieur, 260–61

Holland, Lord Henry, 246

Gladstone, William, 254

Hortense, queen of the

Glebov, Stefan, 48

Netherlands, 44, 237, 294–95

Godoy, Manuel, 40, 49, 51,

Howard, Lord Thomas, 74

188–91, 252

Howard family, 64, 74, 76, 77–78,

Golitzin, Prince Basil, 51

80, 84

Gonzalez, Pedro, 56, 291

hygiene, public, 16, 36–38, 66

Graham, Katharine, 289

Greco, Iacinto, 248–49

Greville, Charles, 45

Isabella, queen of England (m.

Gunning, Lord Robert, 220

Edward II), 58–61

Gustavus III, king of Sweden,

Isabella, queen of England (m.

25–26, 196, 198

John), 46

Gustavus IV, king of Sweden, 21,

Isabella II, queen of Spain, 39,

26, 182

250–53

Gwynn, Nell, 2

Isabel of Castile, 63

Ivan the Terrible, czar of Russia,

268

Hall, Mary Lassells, 75, 80, 81

Hamilton, Lady Anne, 250

Hamilton, Sir William, 192

James I, king of England, 25, 100

Hanbury-Williams, Sir Charles, 148

James IV, king of Scotland, 21

Hanover, electors of, 108–9

Jane Seymour, queen of England,

Harry, Prince, 8–9, 278

68, 70, 74

Hatton, Sir Christopher, 5

Jephson, Patrick, 288

Heneage, Sir Thomas, 4

Jersey, Lady, 239, 244

Henri, king of Navarre, 47

John, king of England, 46

Henri III, king of France, 47

Johnson, Samuel, 7

Henri IV, king of France, 29, 47

John VI, king of Portugal, 8

Henry II, king of England, 58

Josef Franz, archduke of Austria,

Henry VIII, king of England, 5, 87

262

and Anne Boleyn, 64–73, 138,

Joseph II, emperor of Austria, 20,

293

24, 52, 175, 176, 202

and Anne of Cleves, 74, 76–77

Josephine, empress of France, 31,

and Catherine Howard, 42,

44, 235–36, 295

74–86, 293

Juan, king of Aragon, 61

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Juana la Beltraneja, Princess, 63

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 51

Juana of Portugal, queen of Castile,

Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of, 4,

61, 62–63, 294

44–45

Juan II, king of Castile, 62

Lennox, Ken, 285

Judith, queen of the Franks, 10

Leopold, emperor of Austria, 203

Juliana Maria, dowager queen of

Leopoldovna, Anna, regent of

Denmark, 212, 215, 219–20,

Russia, 140, 141

222–24, 226–27, 229–34

Liria, duque de, 139

Liutward, Bishop of Vercelli, 10

Lorraine, duc de, 34–35

Kéroualle, Louise de, 2, 102

Louisa, Princess (Saxony), 20,

Khan, Hasnat, 285–86

258–62, 263, 264, 276

kings:

Louise, queen of Prussia, 11

as bridegrooms, 17–20

Louise Augusta, daughter of

divine right to rule, 6

Caroline Matilda, 221–22,

gay, 25–27

226, 228, 229, 232

impotent, 22–25, 88, 147

Louis the Pious, king of the Franks,

mistresses of, 1–3, 52

10

and royal bloodline, 6–8, 9

Louis VII, king of France, 56–58

sex with, 20–22

Louis XIII, king of France, 22–23,

and succession, 7–8, 9

38, 40

and wives’ affairs, 7–8, 40

Louis XIV, king of France, 2, 18,

Knesebeck, Eleonore de, 42, 101,

23, 28, 35, 36, 37, 40, 49,

106–9, 116, 118–19, 123

92, 95, 96, 97, 100, 102, 119

Kokovtsov, Vladimir, 272

Louis XV, king of France, 2, 23,

Königsmark, Count Philip

37, 52, 152, 194, 213

Christoph von:

Louis XVI, king of France, 23–25,

disappearance of, 116, 119, 120

147, 194–96, 198, 199, 200,

letters of, 106, 107–8, 109, 117,

201–2, 203–5

127

Louis XVII, dauphin of France,

murder of, 115–16, 119, 124, 127

24–25, 198–99, 204, 205,

and Sophia Dorothea, 42, 97–98,

208

104–24, 293

Ludwig I, king of Bavaria, 35

Korsakov, Ivan, 171

Malmesbury, Lord, 237–38

Langeron, Comte Antoine de, 179

Manby, Thomas, 240

Lanskoy, Alexander, 171–73

Mancini, Hortense, 2

Lassells, John, 80–81

Mannakee, Barry, 278–79

La Vallière, Louise de, 2

Manox, Henry, 74–75, 79, 81, 82,

Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 240

85

Le Despenser, Hugh the Elder,

Marfori, Carlos, 252

59–60

Margaret, Princess, 283

Le Despenser, Hugh the Younger,

Margaret, queen of Scotland, 21

59–60

Margot de Valois, king of Navarre, 47

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Marguerite-Louise of France, grand

Montpensier, Mademoiselle de, 30

duchess of Tuscany, 92–97,

Morris, Gouverneur, 203

291

Mortimer, Roger, 59, 60–61

Maria Carolina, queen of Naples,

Morton, Andrew, 262, 285

11–12, 19–20, 40, 50, 191–93,

Munck, Count Adolph Frederick,

250, 294

26

Maria Francisca of Savoy, queen of

Portugal, 35, 88–92, 292

Maria Luisa, queen of Spain,

Napoleon I, emperor of France, 11,

21–22, 40, 49, 51, 188–91,

17, 43, 44, 48, 51, 178, 190,

250, 252

208, 235–37, 249, 295

Maria Theresa, empress of Austro-

Napoleon III, emperor of France,

Hungary, 24, 187–88, 202

237

Marie, Princess (Romania), 43

Neipperg, Adam von, 236

Marie (Leszinska), queen of France,

Nelson, Horatio, 11

2

Nicholas II, czar of Russia, 263,

Marie, queen of Romania, 21, 27,

265, 267–68, 271, 272, 274

30, 37–38, 43, 50, 262–67,

Norfolk, duke of, 77, 84

292

Norris, Henry, 69, 70

Marie Antoinette, queen of France,

23–24, 191, 193–209, 265,

294, 295

Orlov, Gregory, 150–53, 155, 156,

Marie Caroline, Duchess, 2–3

157–62, 164, 165, 170, 172,

Marie de Medici, queen of France,

179

29

Marie Louise, empress of France,

235, 295

Parker-Bowles, Camilla, 275, 276,

Marie-Thérèse, queen of France, 2

277–78, 279, 282, 285

Mary, Princess, 67

Pasternak, Anna, 276

Mary, Virgin, 4, 5, 6, 55

Paul I, czar of Russia, 27, 148, 152,

Mary Queen of Scots, 158–59

154, 166–67, 179, 181, 183–84

Masson, Charles, 179, 182

Pedro, king of Portugal, 88, 89–92,

Mazarin, Cardinal Jules, 23, 40,

292

49–50

Pergami, Bartolomeo, 52, 242–43,

Melbourne, Lord Peniston, 239

244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 294

Menshikov, Alexander, 130

Peter, Grand Duke, 142, 145

Meysenbug, Count Philip von, 102

Peter I (the Great), czar of Russia,

Michael, king of Romania, 50, 266

3, 39, 47–48, 130, 131–38,

mistresses, royal, 1–3, 52

139, 144, 168, 268

Moira, Lord Francis, 240

Peter III, czar of Russia, 40, 145,

Momonov, Alexander, 175, 177–78,

146–53, 155, 166, 167, 172,

179

184

Mons, William, 136–37

Philip II, king of Spain, 29, 32–34,

Montespan, Athénaïs de, 2, 102

45

Montez, Lola, 35

Philip V, king of Spain, 21–22

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Philippe, duc d’Orléans, 18–19, 25,

ruling, 39–40

34

sex life of, 20–22

Philippe, son of duc d’Orléans, 28

subterfuge of, 41–46

Philip the Fair, king of France, 46

traditional tasks of, 3, 17, 260

phimosis, 23–24, 147

and virgins, 4–6, 55

Pia Monica, princess of Saxony,

widowed, 39, 40, 49–50

261–62

pirates, 31

Platen, Countess Clara Elizabeth,

Rantzau, Count Schack Karl, 223,

102–6, 110–12, 114–16, 121,

225, 226

122, 123–24

Rasputin, Gregory, 267, 268–74

Platen, Franz Ernst von, 102, 117–18

Rastelli, Giuseppe, 247

Platen, Sophia Charlotte, 111, 124

Raymond of Poitiers, 57

Podewils, Heinrich von, 110, 111

Razumovsky, Alexei, 141–42, 144,

Pompadour, Madame de, 2, 152

145, 158

Poniatowski, Stanislaus, 148–50,

Reid, Sir James, 255

151, 153, 157, 176–77, 183

Restwold, Alice, 76

Potemkin, Gregory, 52, 154, 156,

Reverdil, Elie Salomon François,

159, 161–81, 183

210, 216, 217, 218, 221, 223