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 France
Henry 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 of
Kielmansegge, Sophia Charlotte
kings death of miserliness of queens and see also specific kings
Kiss, 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, Lola
Langtry, Edward
Langtry, Lillie
La Tournelle, Madame de see also Châteauroux, Madame de
Lauragais, 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, Wilhelmine
literacy
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 and
Louis XV, king of France Charlotte-Rosalie and children of du Barry and Mailly sisters and Marie and Pompadour and
Louis 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 de
Mailly, Marie-Anne
Mailly, Pauline-Félicité de see also Ventimille, Madame de
Mailly-Nesle, Louise-Julie de see also Mailly, Madame de
Mailly-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-titre
Malmesbury, 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 mistresses
Modena, 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 de
Munk, 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 Portugal
Pedro, prince of Portugal see also Pedro, king of Portugal
Pembroke, marchioness of see also Boleyn, Anne
Pepys, Samuel
Perrers, Alice
Petersfield, Baroness see also Kéroualle, Louise de
Peter 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 de
Poitiers, 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 de