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).

2020年6月15日 · Lola Montez was a dancer, courtesan, and a mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. She was born Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert on February 17, 1821, in Grange, County Sligo, Connacht, Ireland. At the time of her birth, all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

2021年2月17日 · At the end of the show Montez was dressed only in a flesh-coloured top which ended at her hips. One of the onlookers at this provocative spectacle was the ageing King of Bavaria, King...

Notorious dancer, courtesan and king's mistress Lola Montez was born Marie Gilbert in Ireland. She was expelled from several cities after performing her titillating Spider Dance.

2018年6月26日 · In Munich, Montez came to the attention of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who had a love of all things Spanish (and female). Reportedly, when she first met the Bavarian royal in 1846, he “pointed inquiringly toward [her] well-formed bosom and said, ‘Nature or art?'”

2025年1月13日 · Lola Montez (born February 17, 1821, Grange, County Sligo, Ireland—died January 17, 1861, New York, New York, U.S.) was an Irish adventuress and “Spanish” dancer who achieved international notoriety through her liaison with King Louis I (Ludwig I) of Bavaria.

2017年7月14日 · Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld, better known by the stage name Lola Montez, 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 …

In 1846, after an unsuccessful appearance at the Paris Opera, Lola Montez arrived in Munich, the capital of Bavaria. Then 27 and at the height of her beauty and charm, she succeeded in captivating the heart of the art-loving King Ludwig I (not to be confused with his grandson, the notorious "Mad King Ludwig"), and soon became his mistress.

Lola Montez and King Ludwig of Bavaria During the forty-three years of her life, Lola Montez had innumerable adventures, was widely known in Europe and America, and actually lost one king his throne. She lived at one time or another in nearly all the countries of Europe, and likewise in India, America, and Australia.

In Bavaria, where she was the mistress of King Ludwig I, she helped convince the king to advocate for popular rights, an unpopular move that was worsened by the nobility’s disdain for a king who let himself be swayed by a woman’s advice.