biography
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Montez, Lola
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originally Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert
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pronunciation:
[montez]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1818–61)
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| biography:
| Dancer, born in Limerick, SW Ireland. An outstanding beauty, she trained to be a Spanish dancer, and appeared at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. While touring Europe, she went to Munich (1846), where she gained influence over the eccentric artist-king, Ludwig I of Bavaria (reigned 1825–48), who created her Countess of Landsfeld. The 1848 revolution forced her to flee, and she then travelled in Australia and the USA. She settled in California, where she lectured on fashion and beauty, but never regained her former standing, and died in poverty. |
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