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Lola Montez
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Irish dancer and actress (1821–1861)
Key facts
- 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.
- Other names
- Donna Lola Montez, Maria Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Gräfin von Landsfeld
- Occupations
- Dancer, actress, lecturer, author
- Spouses
- Lieutenant Thomas James ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1837 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1842 ) George Trafford Heald ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1849 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1850 ) Patrick Hull ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1853 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1853 )
- Partner
- King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1846–1848)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lola
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Grange
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- socialite
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Noble title
- count
- Official website
- lolamontez.ie
- Image
- Stieler - Lola Montez (Schönheitengalerie).jpg
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- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- date of birth
- 1818-01-17
- Commons category
- Lola Montez
- place of burial
- Green-Wood Cemetery
- date of death
- 1861-00-00
- unmarried partner
- Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf
- Commons gallery
- Lola Montez
- birth name
- Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert
- name in native language
- Lola Montez
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- Spanish
- nickname
- Eliza
- cause of death
- pneumonia
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Encyclopedic overview
Eliza Rosanna Gilbert (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 (Countess) von 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.
Biography
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