ANNE BOLEYN, QUEEN OF ENGLAND
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON
SOPHIA DOROTHEA, CROWN PRINCESS OF HANOVER
BOMANN-MUSEUM, CELLE
COUNT PHILIP VON KÖNIGSMARK, LOVER OF SOPHIA DOROTHEA
© HISTORISCHES MUSEUM, HANNOVER
CAROLINE MATILDA, QUEEN OF DENMARK
BOMANN-MUSEUM, CELLE
JOHANN VON STRUENSEE, LOVER OF CAROLINE MATILDA
BOMANN-MUSEUM, CELLE
IVAN SHUVALOV
Portrait by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
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EMPRESS ELIZABETH OF RUSSIA
Portrait by Louis Tocqué
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EMPRESS CATHERINE THE GREAT OF RUSSIA
Portrait by Vigilius Erichsen
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GREGORY POTEMKIN, LOVER OF CATHERINE THE GREAT
Portrait by Johann-Baptist Lampi
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QUEEN MARIE ANTOINETTE OF FRANCE
Portrait by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
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COUNT AXEL FERSEN, LOVER OF MARIE ANTOINETTE
Portrait by Gabriel Jean Joseph Hubert Le Monnier
© NATIONAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, STOCKHOLM
MANUEL GODOY, LOVER OF QUEEN MARIA LUISA OF SPAIN
Portrait by Francisco de Goya
MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS OF SAN FERNANDO, MADRID
QUEEN MARIA LUISA OF SPAIN, HER HUSBAND, KING CARLOS IV, AND THEIR FAMILY
Portrait by Francisco de Goya
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CAROLINE, PRINCESS OF WALES, AND HER DAUGHTER
Portrait by Collyer
THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON
EMPRESS ALEXANDRA OF RUSSIA
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GREGORY RASPUTIN, REPUTED LOVER OF ALEXANDRA
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kings:
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gay
impotent
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and succession
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Kokovtsov, Vladimir
Königsmark, Count Philip Christoph von:
disappearance of
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widowed
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Rochford, Lady Jane
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never alone
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hygiene in
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traditional rites in
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