Royal Mistresses in European History
- Anna Mons (Russia)
- Anna Lopukhina (Russia)
- Caroline Lacroix (Belgium)
- Joséphine de Beauharnais (France)
- Hedvig Taube (Sweden)
- Katharina Schratt (Austria)
- Lola Montez (Bavaria)
- Madame de Pompadour (France)
- Magda Lupescu (Romania)
- Maria Naryshkina (Russia)
- Maria Peres de Enxara, mistress to Afonso III of Portugal (Portugal)
- Marie, Countess Walewski (France)
- Mary Vetsera, Baroness (Austria)
- Bianca Cappello (Italy)
- Rosa Vercellana (Italy)
- Sophie Amalie Moth (Denmark)
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