Charlotte de Loménie

Charlotte de Loménie de Brienne (22 August 1820 - 12 April 1860) was a French-born countess and mistress of Crown Prince Johan (the future king) in the late 1840s.

Biography
Charlotte was born in Paris, France, the second daughter of Count Martial de Loménie and Antoinette de Damas. She married Count Héraclius de Montboissier-Beaufort-Canillac in 1837, but his anger and cruelty led to an unfortunate marriage. The marriage remained childless, and the couple divorced in 1846, when Charlotte was already living at the Côte d'Azur for several years, often accompanied by other men.

In Saint-Tropez, the countess met future King Johan I (then Crown Prince) for the first time in 1847. The Brunanter heir apparent was seven years her younger, but the two eventually began a romantic relationship, when he regularly visited the French Riviera in 1848.

Johan expressed his willingness to marry Charlotte to his father and mother, who forbade a morganatic marriage with a French-born divorced countess. Johan, however, kept visiting his lover and even persuaded his father to buy a a villa in Cettatie, where Charlotte was allowed to live with two servants since Johan's mother did not want her to visit Koningstad. The Crown Prince visited Charlotte frequently until early 1851, when their relationship broke off.

Charlotte was forced to leave Cettatie and returned to Paris, where she lived with her sister Augustine and had several lovers. Johan married in 1856 and became king in 1859. Charlotte died the next year.