Clara Ward (17 June 1873 – 9 December 1916)
Clara Ward had a very intensse life. She married Prince Joseph of Caraman-Chimay.
She employed her beauty and celebrity to pose on various stages, including the Folies Bergère and likely the Moulin Rouge, while wearing form-fitting costumes. She called her art form poses plastiques. Toulouse Lautrec created a lithograph about Clara and Rigo. They married in 1898.
When she divorced Rigo in 1904, she married Giuseppe Ricciardi, who was a waiter on a train. She divorced again and married Abano Caselato.
Catherine Willis Gray (August 17, 1803 – August 6, 1867)
She was an American who married Prince Achille Murat.
Gladys Deacon (7 February 1881 – 13 October 1977)
She married the Duke of Marlborough, a marriage that was not happy. Her husband had her committed.
Winnaretta Singer
She married Prince Louis-Vilfred de Scey-Montbeliard, but they separated after 21 months of marriage.
She became a patron of arts. Her next marriage was to Prince Edmond de Polignac, and that was the perfect match because he was gay, and she was happy that the marriage would never be consummated.
Gloria von Thurn and Taxis
Her husband was Prince Johannes. Gloria and her husband were known for their lavish lifestyle, becoming social and fashion icons in the 1980s. When her husband died in 1990, Gloria was left to settle his debts, which totaled $500 million.
Marie Auguste von Thurn and Taxis (11 August 1706 – 1 February 1756)
Marie Auguste was a Regent of Württemberg. She liked to openly demonstrate her rank as Duchess of Württemberg by spending lavishly, which set her at odds with her thrifty subjects. For instance, her wardrobe contained 228 dresses; the most expensive cost 500 florins, which was more than 30 times a servant's annual income.
Elizabeth I of Russia
Elizabeth or Elizaveta Petrovna (29 December 1709 – 5 January 1762) was Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. Attractive in her youth and vain as an adult, Elizabeth passed various decrees intended to make herself stand out: she issued an edict against anyone wearing the same hairstyle, dress, or accessory as the Empress. Despite her volatile and often violent reactions to others regarding her appearance, Elizabeth was ebullient in most other matters, particularly when it came to court entertainment. It was reported that she threw two balls a week.
Maha Al-Sudairi
She has a taste for the finer things in life, but she does not like paying for them. She was almost arrested for sneaking out of a 5-star hotel without paying. Then she claimed she had diplomatic immunity.
Shirasmi of Thailand
She threw a lavish birthday party for her poodle.
Caroline of Brunswick
The first time Prince George met her, he was horrified. Yet, they married, but it was a terrible marriage. George had a long-lasting mistress, Mrs Fitzherbert.
In 1802, she adopted a three-month-old boy, William Austin, and took him into her home. By 1805, Caroline had fallen out with her near neighbours, Sir John and Lady Douglas, who claimed that Caroline had sent them obscene and harassing letters. Lady Douglas accused Caroline of infidelity, and alleged that William Austin was Caroline's illegitimate son. In 1806, a secret commission was set up, known as the "Delicate Investigation", to examine Lady Douglas's claims. The commissioners decided that there was "no foundation" for the allegations.
Caroline travelled through Europe for years. Her behaviour was so outrageous that she was not told about her daughter Charlotte's marriage and she found out she had died in childbirth in a newspaper.
George became king but did not want Caroline to be the queen. The minister offered her money to renounce her title and never return. Yet, she came back from Europe, demanding her rights. In 1820 the Pains and Penalties Bill was brought before Parliament to disolve the marriage between George and Caroline. It was claimed that Caroline had committed adultery.
Her first husband was Victor Emmanuel Leclerc.
In 1799 her husbaand was made governor genearl of Saint Domingue (Haiti), so the family moved there. Leclercq died of yellow fever. Pauline's second husband was Prince Camillo Borghese.
When her son Dermide died, she was totally broken. Pauline blamed Camillo for keeping her son's death secret for several days. Pauline had never liked Camillo, but now he loathed him. She kept having lovers, one of whom was Thomas Dumas, the father of Alexandre Dumas.
Camilo sued for divorce, and Pauline got the Borghese Palace.
In 1971 a gang of thieves tunnelled the safe deposit box vault at a Lloyds bank. Four men were arrested in 1973 and jailed for the crime. The producers of the film "The Bank Job" claimed that the heist had been set up by M15 to steal compromising photos of Princess Margaret participating in a threesome.
Princess Margaret had a difficult position as the Queen's sister. Her first love was Peter Townsend, but she couldn't marry him because he was divorced.
In 1973 Margaret had an affair with Roddy Llewellyn, who was much younger than the princess.
Princess Patricia of Connaught (17 March 1886 – 12 January 1974)
She was one of Queen Victoria's grandchildren, and she gave up her title to marry a commoner, naval Commander (later Admiral) Alexander Ramsay (29 May 1881 – 8 October 1972), one of her father's aides-de-camp.
Princess Ubolratana Rajaknya
She was a Thai princess and gave up her title to marry an American commoner, Peter Ladd Jensen.
Princess Sayako
She renounced her titled when she married a common man.
William, Prince of Orange, married her. Anna was mentally unstable and she drank too much. She gave William five children, but had no affection for them. She was bizarrely jealous and loved to make scenes.
After the birth of her last child, she took off with Johannes Rubbens, a lawyer and father of the artist.
William eventually divorced her, and she was taken in custody by her family.
Princess Alexandra Amelie of Bavaria (26 August 1826 – 21 September 1875)
Alexandra suffered from a number of psychological eccentricities, including a fixation with cleanliness as well as wearing only white clothes. In her early twenties, she notably developed a delusion that as a child she had swallowed a grand piano made of glass, which remained inside her.
Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary (7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614)
She was a mass murderess. She believed that bathing in the blood of young women would maintain her youth. Elizabeth was never convicted of her ccrimes. Three of her servants/accomplices were executed, and her family had her incarcerated.
Maria I of Portugal (17 December 1734 – 20 March 1816)
Maria's madness was first officially noticed in 1786, when she had to be carried back to her apartments in a state of delirium. Afterwards, the queen's mental state became progressively worse. In February 1792, Maria was deemed insane and was treated by Francis Willis. Willis deemed the queen incurable.
She was probably not insane, but her father, husban and son had her committed and control her. Phillip, her husband, proclaimed himself king of Castille and locked up his wife. When Philip died, her father kept up pretence. In 1509 Juana was confined to the Castle of Tordesillas.
Elisabeth of Austria (24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898)
She was obsessed with her beauty, especially her hair and weight. Through fasting and exercise such as gymnastics and riding, she maintained her weight at approximately 50 kg for most of her life. In addition to her rigorous exercise regimen, Elisabeth practiced demanding beauty routines. Daily care of her abundant and extremely long hair, which in time turned from the dark blonde of her youth to chestnut brunette, took at least three hours.
Charlotte of Belgium (17 June 1840 – 19 January 1927)
Ferdinand Maximiliam married her in 1857, but the marriage broke down soon. Napoleon III offered Maximiliam the crown of Mexico, and he and Charlotte settled there. Her mental state deteriorated. When Napoleon III dictated that Max abdicatead, she sprang into action to defend her throne. She travelled to Europe to talk to Napoleon. During this time she became obsessed with the idea that the emperor's assassins wanted to poison her. Then in Rome she ordered to be taken to the Vatican, and to the Pope Pius IX's consternation she didn't want to leave. The Pope let Charlotte eat part of his own dinner and, breaking the rules of the Holy See, had a bed moved into the pontifical library for her, making Charlotte the first woman known to have slept in the Vatican.[
Franzisca Schanzkowska (16 December 1896 – 12 February 1984)
She was a factory worker that tried to commit suide when she plunged to a canal in Berlin. During her hospital stay she claimed to be Anastasia Romanov, and many believed her.
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