English Royal Mistress - A Brief Overview of English Royal Mistress - Mistresses During The Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Era (1901-1917)

Mistresses During The Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Era (1901-1917)

Victoria's son Edward VII, who ascended on 22 January 1901, was notorious for his many infidelities—however, each of these affairs was carried out in a kind and discreet manner, which did much to endear him to his subjects. His notable mistresses included a French actress, Hortense Schneider, Giulia Barucci, who boasted that she was the “greatest whore in the world,” Susan Pelham-Clinton, who had already eloped twice, Lillie Langtry, an actress who had also been courted by Edward’s brother and an Austrian prince, Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, and Alice Keppel, who of all his mistresses had the most political power and sat at his deathbed in 1910. He fathered surprisingly few royal bastards considering their number and the fecundity he enjoyed with his wife Alexandra of Denmark.