royal mistress
Monarch's secret lover
A royal mistress is a woman who maintains a sexual relationship with a king or prince while not being his wife.
Historically, such relationships were often open secrets at European courts, with mistresses sometimes wielding considerable political influence and receiving titles, estates, and official recognition: Madame de Pompadour was the most famous royal mistress of Louis XV.
- seductressWoman who entices romantically
- concubineSecondary female partner
- femme fataleTreacherous enchantress
- pillow talkIntimate conversation in bed
- succession disputesConflicts over legitimate heirs
Madame de Pompadour · illegitimate children · paramour · influence · power behind the throne · courtesan · patronage · muse · favoritism · fallen woman · manipulation · scandal · confidante · ambition · betrayal · lover · secret affair · intrigue
- Louis XV FranceVersailles, Seven Years War, Bourbon, regency, court life
- royal courtking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- court intrigueintrigue, plots, schemes, plotting, conspiracy
- court ladieslady-in-waiting, maid of honor, gentlewoman, handmaiden, attendant
- Charles VIIDauphin, Joan of Arc, legitimacy crisis, Hundred Years War, Orleans
royal mistressqueen
Most powerful chess piece
queen consort · wife · empress · consort
royal mistresslady-in-waiting
Female royal court attendant
servant · commoner · peasant · scullery maid
royal mistressqueen
Most powerful chess piece
queen mother · dowager queen · lady-in-waiting · queen regent
royal, mistress, royalty, royalist, royally, royalism, master, masters, mastery