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  • Aphrodite Heteira: Courtesan

    Welcome back to Aphrodisia Week 2026 here on White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this fifth post, I will be discussing Aphrodite’s epithet of Heteira, which means Courtesan!   In this post, I will explore what the term Courtesan means and what it brings to mind for me, as Aphrodite Heteira is a…

  • Henri II & Diane de Poitiers, Iconic French Royal Lovers

    Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day Three here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is going to be about Henri II and his famed mistress Diane de Poitiers!   So we are once again looking at a Royal Romance at the French Court, but this time the love story is…

  • Athenais de Montespan ‘The Real Queen of France’ & Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV

    Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day Two here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This post is also this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, so keeping with the Femme Fatale Friday theme as well as the Royal Romance theme, I have chosen to write about Athenais de Montespan, who was nicknamed ‘The Real Queen…

  • Louis XV & Madame Du Barry

    Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day One here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be focused on Louis XV and his famed mistress Madame Du Barry!   I was uncertain if I wanted to focus this post on Madame de Pompadour or Madame Du Barry, as they were…

  • Bessie Blount, Mistress of Henry VIII

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to do a short post to discuss Bessie Blount.   She was a famous royal mistress of Henry VIII during his marriage to Katherine of Aragon.   Unlike his more famous mistress during that first marriage, she never had a chance to become Queen. It is…