Dancer

Lola Montez

Irish dancer and actress (1821–1861)

Born 1821 · GrangeDied 1861Ireland
Lola Montez
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Lola Montez was an Irish dancer, born in 1821 in Grange, who died in 1861.

Biography

Eliza Rosanna Gilbert (17 February 1821 – 17 January 1861), 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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