WXDA Record #1020
Lola Montes.
21 February 1848
Summary
Lola Montes, mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, returns to Munich in male garb after being chased of the city: "Lola Montes re-appeared to-day in our city, dressed in male attire."
Full Title
21 Feb 1848. Lola Montes. Times p. 8,9 c. F,A.
Publication
Times of London(Times)
Full Record
- Date
- 21 February 1848
- Cross-dressing activity
- Politics; Romance
- Locations
- MunichView on map
- Primary source topic
- Dressed as a man; Entry to proscribed space; Stratagem; Pursues husband/lover
- Item format
- News report; Extraordinary event
- Attire
- Male garb
- Social rank
- Social climber
- Stated Sex
- Female
- Sex Perceived by Others
- Female
- Sex Perceived by Recorder
- Female
- Sexuality
- Heterosexuality; Libertinage
- Racialization
- Unmarked
- Report Scope
- Peripheral
People Mentioned in This Record
- Lola Montes(Subject of study)Mentions— Mistress of the King of Baviera, reappeared in Munich in 1848 and was arrested and exiled to Switzerland.