Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, 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 Gräfin (Countess) von Landsfeld.
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![Lola Montez portrait by Joseph Heigel [de] before 1840](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Lola_Montez_portrait_by_Josef_Heigel_before_1840.jpg/1280px-Lola_Montez_portrait_by_Josef_Heigel_before_1840.jpg)
Lola Montez portrait by Joseph Heigel [de] before 1840
Lola Montez's lithography
Lola Montez with Alights-on-a-Cloud, 1850s
Portrait of Lola Montez (1847), painted by Joseph Karl Stieler for Ludwig I of Bavaria and his Schönheitengalerie![Lola Montez (Gouache by Carl Buchner [de], 1847)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/C_Buchner_-_Lola_Montez_%28Guache_1847_PhS115%29.jpg/500px-C_Buchner_-_Lola_Montez_%28Guache_1847_PhS115%29.jpg)
Lola Montez (Gouache by Carl Buchner [de], 1847)
Lola Montez in 1851, daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes
A caricature by David Claypoole Johnston from the period showing Lola Montez leaving Europe for the United StatesIn their orbit 4
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About this person
Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, 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 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.
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