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Ludwig

was,

in hisown

words,

“bewitched”

by

Lola. He started

to

appear

in

public

withheronhis

arm,

andthenhe

bought

and

furnished

an

apartment

forherononeofMunich’smostfashionableboulevards.

Al»

though

hehadbeenknownasa

miser,

andwasnot

given

to

flights

of

fancy,

hestartedtoshowerLolawith andtowrite

poetry

forher.Now

his

favored

mistress,

she

catapulted

tofameandfortune

overnight.

Lola

began

tolosehersenseof

proportion.

One

day

whenshewasout

riding,

an

elderly

manrodeaheadof

her,

abittoo

slowly

forher

liking.

Unableto

pass

him,

she

began

toslashhimwithher

ridingcrop.

Onan-

other

occasion

shetookher

dog,

unleashed,

outforastroll.The

dog

at»

tackeda

passerby,

butinsteadof

helping

themen

get

the

dogaway,

she

whipped

himwiththeleash.Incidentslikethisinfuriatedthe

stolidcitizens

of

Bavaria,

but

Ludwig

stood

by

Lolaandevenhadhernaturalized

asa

Bavariancitizen.The

kingsentourage

triedtowakehimtothe

dangers

of

the

affair,

butthosewhocriticizedLolawere

summarily

fired.

While Bavarians who had lovedtheir

king

now

outwardly

disre—

spected

him,

Lolawas

made

a

countess,

hadanew

palace

builtfor

herself,

and

began

todabblein

politics,advisingLudwig

on

policy.

Shewasthe

most

powerful

forceinthe

kingdom.

Herinfluenceinthe

king’s

cabinet

continuedto

grow,

andshetreatedtheotherministerswithdisdain.As

a

result,

riotsbrokeout

throughout

therealm.Aonce

peaceful

landwasvir~

rually

inthe

grip

ofcivil

war,

andstudents

everywhere

were

chanting,

“RausmitLola!”

ByFebruary

of

1848,

Ludwig

was

finally

unabletowithstandthe

pres-

sure.With

great

sadnessheorderedLola.toleaveBavaria

immediately.

She

left,

butnotuntilshewas

paid

off.ForthenextfiveweekstheBevan‘-

ans’wrathwasturned

against

their

formerly

beloved

king.

InMarchofthat

year

hewasforcedtoabdicate.

LolaMontezmovedto

England.

Morethan

anything

sheneeded

re-

spectability,

and

despitebeing

married

(she

stillhadnot

arranged

adivorce

fromthe

Englishman

shehadwed

years

before),

shesether

sights

on

George

Trafford

Heald,

a

promisingyoungarmy

olficerwhowasthesonof

aninfluentialhamster.

Although

he

wasten

yearsyounger

than

Lola,

and

couldhavechosen

a

wife

among

the

prettiest

and

wealthiest

younggirls

of

English

society,

Healdfellunderher

spell.They

weremarriedin1849.

Soonarrestedonthe

charge

of

bigamy,

she

skipped

bail,

andsheand

Healdmadetheir

way

to

Spain.Theyquarreledhorribly

andononeocca-

sionLolaslashedhimwitha.knife.

Finally,

shedrovehim

away.Returning

to

England,

hefoundhehadlosthis

position

inthe

army.

Ostracizedfrom

Englishsociety,

hemovedto

Portugal,

wherehelivedin

poverty.

After

a

fewmonthshisshortlifeendedina

boating

accident.

Afew

years

laterthemanwho

published

LolaMontez’s

autobiogra-

phy

went

bankrupt

In

1853 Lolamovedto

California,

whereshemetandmarriedaman

namedPatHull.Their

relationship

wasas

stormy

asallthe

others,

andshe

leftHullforanotherman.Hetooktodrinkandfellintoa

deepdepression

thatlasteduntilhe

died,

four

years

later,

stilla

relativelyyoung

man.