Mistresses Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cleopatra VII

Nobody really knows what Cleopatra looked like, but it is said that although not a beauty, she was very attractive and had charm and intelligence. Ttwo very important men loved her, Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony.
Cleopatra was a very ambitious woman. She was responsible for the death of her sister Arsinoe IV and also possibly involved in the drowning of her brother.

Answer: Elizabeth Blount

Elizabeth Blount had the reputation of being very beautiful but there is no known painting of her.

Her relationship with King Henry lasted about eight years and after that, she married Gilbert Tailboys, a nobleman, and had six other children. After his death she married again and gave birth to a further three children.

Answer: Barbara Blomberg

We do not know much about Barbara Blomberg. It is said she was a singer from Regensburg in Germany. Her son, Don Juan of Austria, had a short life but he covered himself with glory in the Battle of Lepanto against the Turks. He is buried in the Escorial, the monastery and palace built by Don Juan's brother, Phillip II, who received his half brother when Charles V died, and brought him to his court.

Answer: Diane de Poitiers

Diane de Poitiers was born in 1499 to an aristocratic family and had a thorough all-round Renaissance education. She was 20 years older than the king, but her beauty, tact, trustworthiness and outstanding intellectual abilities made him love her very much. He entrusted much of his Latin correspondence to her and she was even allowed to sign some letters on his behalf - a very rare distinction. He showered her with gifts, including a house in Paris and estates that gave her large revenues. She died in 1566.

There is a well known painting of her (topless) by François Clouet.

Answer: Dona Marina

Dona Marina, also known as "La Malinche", had a son by Heran Cortes, Don Martin Cortes in 1522. This son was raised by his father' s family.
Many historians credit a significant role to Dona Marina in the conquest of Tenochtitlan. One of them says that Dona Marina was central to Cortes' success.

Answer: Francoise, Marquise de Maintenon

Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon married the king in secret and their marriage was not made public. She was married to the king from 1685 till his death in 1715. She spent her childhood in the French island of Martinique where she married an older man but returned to France in 1647 where her husband died a few months later.

Answer: Madame de Pompadour

Madame de Pompadour remained in Versailles after her relationship with the king became one of friendship. When she died of pulmonary consumption, he mourned her for many years.

Answer: Maria Walewska

Maria Walewska maintained a relationship with Napoleon for several years, accompanying him to Paris. She had his only son, Alexandre Walewski, who lived to adulthood and received a title of nobility in France.

Answer: Sally Hemings

Sally had six children with Jefferson. For many years, some historians did not agree with this theory but now it is considered a fact.

Answer: Wallis Simpson

King Edward and Wallis had a seven year affair before he married her. They would often be seen together at parties, and also on a Mediterranean cruise and a skiing trip. She was his companion at the formal dinner offered after he was proclaimed King of the United Kingdom. Since the British and Dominion governments opposed this marriage, he abdicated in December 1936, having been king for less than a year. Edward VIII, who became Duke of Windsor when he abdicated, and Wallis spent a good part of their married life in the Bahamas and in France.

They stayed together for 35 years until his death in 1972.