Lola montez spider dance video

Lola Montez was born in 1831 in Ireland as Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert and was raised in both India and Scotland. Montez was known as Eliza until 1843 when she made her debut as a dancer – this was after her first failed marriage.

Lola montez spider dance video

In London Montez was recognized rather quickly as the disgraced wife she was and soon began traveling abroad in order to escape her past. Her entire adult life was so colorful that it could have been a dramatic novel, yet she is mainly remembered for her Spider Dance.

Far from the British Isles her “Spanish” dancing and Latin dress convinced many that she was actually Spanish, though there is some evidence that despite the false persona she did actually spend some time in Spain learning to dance.

Montez beguiled the King Ludwig I of Bavaria after he saw her dance in Munich, and many said was wrapped around her little finger. She became Baroness Rosenthal at his and Countess o