Aristocrats

When a rat chewed the head off of Peter III’s toy soldier, he hung it on a tiny set of gallows for “treason”—but it didn’t end there.

Lennox Sisters Facts. From flirting with princes to gambling away their savings, the Lennox sisters raked in scandals like they were cold, hard cash.

Virginia Oldoini, better known as the Countess of Castiglione, might be the original Queen of the Selfie. But few know her dark history.

There’s a reason history wants us to forget the truly twisted tale of Micaela Almonester, the cursed Baroness de Pontalba

Elisabeth Marie Facts. It's time to uncover the startling, wholly unique life of Elisabeth Marie, Austria's scandalous "Red Archduchess."

Lennox Sisters Facts. From flirting with princes to gambling away their savings, the Lennox sisters raked in scandals like they were cold, hard cash.