Princess of Èboli
Ana de Mendoza (1540- 1592), Princess of Èboli, Spanish aristocrat, considered one of the most beautiful women in the Court of Philip the II in spite of having just one eye. How she lost her eye is not clear, but the most famous version is that it happened during a duelling accident when she was a child. Some historians believe she just had a lazy eye and wanted to hide it. She was supposed to be a proud woman, with an expensive taste and quite a temper.

She married, and had ten children by her husband, the rich nobleman Ruy Gómez de Silva, and led a quiet life while her husband was still alive. After his death she became a nun, and had such "differences" with the founder of the convet (a nun, now canonised) Teresa de Jesus, that all the nuns left the convent, abandoning Ana and her maids. She then published a book about Teresa de Jesus that was so full of lies that the Inquisition forbad its release for ten years.

She returned to public life, had great influence over the king and was rumored to be his lover (Philip the II was one of the most religious, pious king of a deeply catholic empire, so yeah, that's a pretty controversial subject). She is also said to have been the lover of the king's secretary, Antonio Pérez. They were later accused of high treason, and she lived the rest of her days locked in one of her palaces on the king's command.