THE MOST FAMOUS WHORES, ESCORTS AND COURTESANS IN HISTORY
History is full of important women. Scientists, writers, artists and countless more of them have filled the pages of books and encyclopedias. However, little has been said about the most influential and famous whores, courtesans, escorts and prostitutes and their historical impact.
Women who, in the shadow of a great man, were the ones who controlled the reins of power and who truly deserve to go down in the annals of history.
Many of them were undoubtedly iconic ladies who have taken sensuality to other levels, ignoring banalities, prejudices and some rules.
Some left a mark on art and contributed immensely to culture. Others were even advisors and confidants to the most powerful men of their respective times, and many of them consulted them before making important decisions.
This is how some from the shadows, others in plain sight, in life and even after death, these women went down in history.
Today we are going to try to shed some light on the lives of the most famous whores and courtesans of all time. Those who truly deserve to be in books and studied in their own right.
Or at least recognized.
DOMENICA NIEHOFF, THE GERMAN DOMINATRIX.
We will start by talking about Camila Rubilar, she preferred her stage name, Domenica Niehoff.
This woman born in August 1945 in Cologne, Germany deserves the first place in our article.
Camila or Domenica if you prefer, she was famous both for her beauty and for her key participation in obtaining the rights of whores, harlots and courtesans, breaking down social taboos.
Coming from a humble family, she was a victim of violence by her father. Her mother ended up in prison and she and her brother ended up in a Catholic orphanage.
She studied accounting until she was 17, when she met the owner of a brothel whom she married.
Some years later her husband committed suicide. That same year she began working as a prostitute, in a renowned brothel called Palais d'Amour, in Hamburg's red light district.
She became known as an expert dominatrix and later opened her own studio with this specialty.
In 1979 she was already beginning to become the most famous whore in Germany, the talk shows soon invited her to participate, establishing herself as a media star."Camila or Domenica if you prefer, was famous both for her beauty and for her key participation in obtaining rights for whores, whores and courtesans."
She later dedicated herself to fighting for the rights of prostitutes, the recognition and legalization of prostitution as a profession.
She was the muse of more than one artist and was very well connected with cultural celebrities.
Her breasts with lipstick writing that read "boom boom" were the controversial image on the cover of the pop group's album "Trio." At first it generated prohibitions, but finally they managed to get its use allowed.
A poem dedicated to her, written by Wolf Wondratschek, said: "A prostitute who has a big heart even deep down and even in her legs. A woman who when she wiggles her butt, rivers flow uphill."
She filmed several films, among them the following stood out: Messalina-Queen Prostitute, 1980 and Taxi to Cairo, 1987. On the other hand, film director Peter Kern made a film about Domenica's life.
In 1994, she published her autobiography called "Body with Soul - My Life", written by Hans Eppendorfer.
She died from the consequences of a lung disease in 2009, in a hospital in Hamburg.
Simply because of her struggle, Domenica deserves great recognition, especially by all the prostitutes in whose countries her work is regularized and legislated.
VERÓNICA FRANCO, THE QUEEN OF THE COURTESANS OF VENICE.
We go back in time to honor the memory of Verónica Franco, who was the most famous courtesan in Venice.
Born into a middle-class Venetian family, her own mother, Paola Fracassa, had worked as a courtesan. Years later, when she got married, she abandoned the profession.
Verónica had a good education and later married (arranged by her family) with Paolo Panizza, a doctor fond of gambling and drinking.
Veronica's life, married to this man, became unbearable, so, in 1564 and even though she was pregnant, she decided to claim her dowry and separate from her.
After this separation, she turned to her mother to teach her and introduce her to the profession of an honest courtesan and thus support her family.
There is a book, the Tariffa delle puttane (1952), where the 215 most famous courtesans of Venice were documented. In this volume, Veronica appears with her mother.
In a short time, the courtesan Verónica Franco became the most successful of the so-called "honest courtesans of Venice" who were nothing if not prostitutes who combined with their beauty and distinction a wide culture and even a certain mastery of arts and letters, having relationships with the most important people in the city such as senators, cardinals, academics and even with King Henry III of France.
Venice in the 16th century was a particularly favorable time for the so-called "honest courtesans." They learned aristocratic manners, had an excellent education, and achieved artistic and literary success. Thus they elevated their status and surrounded themselves with the elite of society."In a short time, the courtesan Verónica Franco became the most successful of the so-called "honest courtesans of Venice.""
Precisely that educational and cultural level was what differentiated them from harlots or whores.
While the lower class of this profession offered their services in the streets and under bridges, being accessible to middle class workers, the courtesans interacted only with the most powerful men and women in the city, they thus achieved a higher purchasing power.
Verónica Franco's culture was such that she wrote and published two collections of poems, one of them was Terze rima (1575) supported by Domenico Venieri, a well-known poet, and "Letters intimate and varied" (1580), edited by herself. , a collection of letters that were sent with people of the time, which today form a wonderful testimony of the customs and events of that Venice.
As the years went by, the Black Death arrived in the city and left it devastated. Veronica was forced to leave her home during the two years that the epidemic lasted.
Upon returning, she found that her belongings had been stolen during looting. She also found herself involved in a very serious and typical accusation of that time: Witchcraft.
With luck and probably thanks to the good contacts she had forged over the years, she managed to be acquitted, something very unlikely in these cases.
She died at the age of 45 in the parish of San Moisés, in the same city where she was born.
In her will she left a sum to help two courtesans marry or enter the orders or serve as a dowry for two girls.
The writer Margaret F. Rosenthal fictionalized her life in the book "The honest Courtesan."
Director Marshall Herskovitz later made a film called "Dangerous Beauty" based on Margaret's book.
THEODORA BYZANCIO, FROM THE BROTHEL TO THE THRONE.
We go back to the year 501 AD. to talk about Theodora of Byzantium, one of the most famous first women in classical history and not only for being Byzantine empress and wife of Justinian I.
Her fame reaches such a point that even for the Orthodox Church, she and Justinian are considered Saints, with their own name day celebrated on November 14.
Her story was reconstructed based on different writings and poems of the time, the best known were those of the writers Procopius and John of Ephesus, although the writings differ from each other, especially when describing Theodora's personality. But both agree on the same statement: Theodora was the most influential and powerful woman in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Teodora had a tough childhood, her father was a bear trainer at the Constantinople hippodrome and her mother was a dancer and actress, she also had two sisters, they all lived together in the basement of the hippodrome."But without a doubt, this was the most influential and powerful woman in the Eastern Roman Empire."
From an early age, and with the example of one of her sisters, she worked in a low-level brothel. A few years later she became an actress.
She made a living from her theater skills and the eroticism that characterized her. She rose to fame with her performance in "Leda and the Swan", where she undressed and lay on the floor, while her assistants threw corn kernels over her body, so that one of her goose will peck it.
While she pretended to be raped, she even showed scenes that were prohibited at the time.
Her fame spread throughout Constantinople, which caused her to travel performing the play for several years.
She returned to Constantinople with a daughter and in 522 she abandoned her old way of life and established herself as a spinner in a house near the palace.
It is said that her beauty, her wit, and her spontaneous nature were what attracted Justinian's attention. He was a young military man of about 39 years old who fell in love with her and asked her to marry him.
But it was prohibited since he was the heir to the throne of his uncle Justin I and Roman Law at the time of Constantine did not allow the marriage of actresses with government officials.
Eufemia, wife of Justin I, who liked Justinian and never denied him anything, was against this marriage with a simple actress. However, Justin was very fond of Theodora so in 525, when Euphemia died, he eliminated that law, and Justinian was able to marry Theodora.
Four years later, Theodora was crowned empress.
From there the stories have different versions depending on the narrator, but they agree on some points.
The empress had an important participation in Justinian's legal and spiritual reforms as well as in obtaining women's rights.
She banned forced prostitution and closed the brothels that practiced it.
She instituted the death penalty for rape and prohibited unwanted babies from being abandoned.
She also prohibited the murder of women who had committed adultery.
She was also instrumental in keeping Justinian on the throne during the so-called "Nika riots."
Apparently during a strong revolt by different political factions in the city, the emperor lost total control of the masses, which is why he was about to flee Constantinople along with other public positions, however Theodora opposed and gave a powerful speech in the one who made it clear that it was better to die in the palace than to live in exile.
Her story tells that thanks to her, thanks to those strong words, they were convinced to stay fighting and killed 30,000 rebels.
They remained and Justinian was filled with gratitude towards Theodora. It is said that he never forgot that she saved his throne.
Together they rebuilt Constantinople, aqueducts, bridges, churches, they turned it into the most beautiful city the world had seen until then, leaving us the best Byzantine architecture.
She died June 548, at the age of 48 from an illness.
Her legacy survives due to mosaics made by artists contemporary to her, portraying the story of this incredible woman, even today thanks to films and plays.
LA BELLA OTERO, THE MOST UNIVERSAL SPANISH WHORE.
Agustina Carolina del Carmen Otero Iglesias, was born on November 4, 1868 in Valga, Spain and was one of the most famous women during the French "Belle Epoque."She was born into a very poor family that was barely able to provide her with access to education.
At the young age of 10 she was raped by the town shoemaker. Faced with such horror, the girl left her hometown never to return.
Far from sinking into the suffering they caused her, she decided to start a new life. From that day on she used her middle name, Carolina, to introduce herself to people.
She worked in a company of Portuguese traveling comedians and over time she discovered the profession of prostitute and dedicated herself to it in addition to dancing in venues of all types and genres."Far from sinking into the suffering they caused him, he decided to start a new life. From that day on she used her middle name, Carolina, to introduce herself to people."
Her life took a turn when in 1888 she met Ernest Jurgens in Barcelona. He was a banker and he proposed to Carolina that she take care of promoting her in France. They traveled through Marseille and she gave the initial push for her career there.
But Carolina quickly began to promote herself until she became known throughout France as "la Bella Otero."
In her representations, she was characterized as an Andalusian woman of gypsy origin, something very striking and exotic for French citizens. And although she was not a professional dancer, the fusion of rhythms that she created and her ease in performing on stage left anyone who saw her enchanted.
She toured around the world and gained international fame in countries such as Argentina, Cuba, Russia and the United States. She was undoubtedly one of the first Spanish artists recognized worldwide.
It is no secret that La bella Otero had her best contacts since she had been the lover of numerous influential and powerful people. One of them was the French politician Aristide Brian, who maintained a close relationship until his death.
The courtesans of that time charged large sums of money and it was common for many artists to carry out this practice to increase their income.
Unfortunately, Otero wasted her fortune because of her gambling addiction, wasting her money in casinos.
She retired from the stage in 1910 and settled in Nice, where she died at the age of 96, in a humble house.
Otero made up stories about her past to hide the horror she had experienced, perhaps to try to forget it. After her death, some various movies and stories were created with inaccurate data and unconfirmed facts about her life.
VALERIA MESALINA AND HER 200 LOVERS.
Valeria Messalina was born in the year 25 AD. Daughter of the consul Marcus Valerius Messala Barbado Messalino and Domicia Lépida, a woman who liked to waste all the money her husband earned, something not very abundant because at no time in her life was her father a good politician. These events meant that Messalina's family did not lead a good lifestyle or a high economic status despite their relationship with royalty.
It was for this reason that Messalina had to settle for marrying the emperor's uncle, the laughingstock of the court, Claudius, a man 30 years older than her, and who had no respect or fame among royalty.
Years later, following the fall of Caligula, Claudius was proclaimed emperor, which allowed Messalina and her family to gain a better social position.
According to the stories, the new emperor was completely in love with his wife, the young Valeria Melisa. Therefore, he listened to her advice and allowed himself to be influenced by her.
It is said that she fulfilled everything from simple whims to executions for pure pleasure.
They had two children whom they named Clauda Octavia and Britannicus.
But things did not go well at all, it is known that Messalina was very sexually active, some say "insatiable" and cheated on her husband with consuls, gladiators, actors and many famous figures in Rome."It is said that the Emperor Claudius carried out everything from simple whims to executions for pure pleasure."
Even during one of the emperor's trips out of Rome, she married one of his lovers, named Cayo Silio, and they even tried to conspire against the emperor Claudius to overthrow him.
However, the attempted conspiracy was discovered and could not be carried out.
Valeria and her new husband were sentenced to forced suicide, but they did not have the courage to do so, Messalina was beheaded.
Claudio was filled with resentment at the humiliation that he had felt during the last years of her ex-wife and ordered all types of effigies to be removed from public places and thus erase the memory of her.
Over time the emperor remarried one of his nieces and left the children he had with Messalina disinherited.
There are several stories that portray Valeria Messalina as the most erotic and insatiable woman of those times. She once challenged the prostitutes' guild to a competition, for which they sent a Sicilian representative named Escilia, she was the most famous whore in Rome.
The event was held at the palace while her husband was away. Very important men from the court and women who Messalina invited attended.
Both had to have sexual relations with as many men as they could.
Scylla surrendered when she had 25 men attended to, but Valeria continued until dawn, eventually receiving 200 men.
Some poets stated in their writings that she became a prostitute in a red light district under the Greek nickname of Lycisca, which means wolf woman."Messalina organized a competition where she became a prostitute, receiving men"
Over time, her name began to be used to refer to libidinous women and as a synonym for prostitute.
MARY MAGDALENE, THE DISTINGUISHED DISCIPLE OF JESUS OF NAZARETH.
Mary Magdalene, appears in the Old Testament and several testimonies, considered a saint for the Catholic and Orthodox churches and for the Christian Communion. Her holiday is July 22.
She is known as one of the first and most famous biblical prostitutes.
According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary Magdalene housed and provided materially for Jesus and his disciples during his preaching in Galilee.
One of the stories tells that she had been healed by Jesus: "The twelve and some women who had been healed of diseases and evil spirits accompanied him: Mary Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out" Luke 8: 1-2..
She was famous both for her relationship with Jesus and for her reputation as a sinner, since more than one passage in the Bible and especially the interpretation made by different religions described her as a woman who had dedicated herself to prostitution and who for this reason, had been punished with one of the worst tortures that existed in those times, stoning, which consisted of tying a person to a post and throwing stones at them, causing a slow and painful death."She is known as one of the first prostitutes and the most famous of the biblical ones."
According to these stories, Jesus saved her at the last moment. It is also mentioned that "seven demons came out of her" and from that moment on Mary Magdalene, Jesus' inseparable companion, for good and bad, was with him throughout the entire Calvary unlike other of his faithful apostles.
There are several sources that also suggest that Jesus and Mary Magdalene, in addition to being a couple, could have married.
In the company of other women, she was the first witness to the resurrection, according to a tradition in which the four gospels agree.
She then communicated the news to Peter and the other apostles.
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