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  • 41Montez, Lola — orig. Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert born 1818, Limerick, Ire. died Jan. 17, 1861, New York, N.Y., U.S. Irish adventuress and dancer who achieved notoriety as the mistress of King Louis I of Bavaria. After a few dance lessons in Spain, she… …

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  • 42Feuchères, Sophie Dawes, Baroness de — ▪ English adventuress born 1795, St. Helens, Isle of Wight, Eng. died Dec. 15, 1840, London       English adventuress, mistress of the last survivor of the princes of Condé.       The daughter of a drunken fisherman named Dawes, she grew up in… …

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  • 43Lupescu, Magda — ▪ Romanian adventuress original name  Magda Wolff   born 1896?, Iaşi, Rom. died June 28/29, 1977, Estoril, Port.       Romanian adventuress who, as mistress of King Carol II of Romania, exerted a wide ranging influence on Romanian public affairs… …

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  • 44Maria Stella — ▪ Italian adventuress born April 16, 1773, Modigliana, Papal States died Dec. 28, 1843, Paris       Italian adventuress who contested the parentage of Louis Philippe, duc d Orléans, upon his accession to the French throne in 1830.       Brought… …

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  • 45Prie, Jeanne-Agnes Berthelot de Pleneuf, Marquise de — ▪ French adventuress born 1698, Paris, France died Oct. 7, 1727, Courbépine       French adventuress during the reign of Louis XV.       The daughter of an unscrupulous financier, Étienne Berthelot, she was married at age 15 to Louis, Marquess de …

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  • 46Tarakanova, Yelizaveta Alekseyevna — ▪ Russian adventuress bynames  Knyaginya Vladimirskaya (Princess of Vladimir),  Fräulein Frank , or  Madame Trémouille  born c. 1745 died Dec. 4 [Dec. 15, New Style], 1775, St. Petersburg, Russia       adventuress and pretender to the Russian… …

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  • 47Planet of the Dead — 200 – Planet of the Dead Doctor Who episode The swarm of metallic stingray like aliens fly over the desert planet of San Helios …

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  • 48Julian Eltinge — Julian Eltinge, gebürtig: William Julian Dalton (*  14. Mai 1881 in Newtonville, Massachusetts; † 7. März 1941) war ein US amerikanischer Schauspieler. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Zitat über Eltinge 3 …

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  • 49adventurer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. voyager, traveler, wanderer, roamer; gambler, fortune hunter, freelance, soldier of fortune; adventuress (derog.). See travel, chance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who seeks adventure] Syn. explorer,… …

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  • 50Demirep — Dem i*rep , n. [Contr. fr. demi reputation.] A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress. [Colloq.] De Quincey. [1913 Webster] || …

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