- Mistress: a woman who has a continuing, extramarital sexual relationship with one man
This does not purport to be a complete list.
- Rosamund de Clifford, mistress of King Henry II
- Alice Perrers, mistress of King Edward III
- Jane Shore, mistress of King Edward IV
- Bessie Blount, mistress of King Henry VIII
- Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII
- Lucy Walter, mistress of King Charles II
- Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of King Charles II
- Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, mistress of King Charles II
- Nell Gwyn, mistress of King Charles II
- Arabella Churchill, mistress of King James II
- Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, mistress of King James II
- Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney, mistress of King William III
- Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, mistress of King George I
- Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, mistress of King George II
- Amalie von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth, mistress of King George II
- Maria Fitzherbert, mistress of King George IV
- Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey, mistress of King George IV
- Mary Robinson, mistress of King George IV
- Isabella Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of Hertford, mistress of King George IV
- Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham, mistress of King George IV
- Dorothea Jordan, mistress of King William IV
- Lillie Langtry, mistress of King Edward VII
- Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill, mistress of King Edward VII
- Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, mistress of King Edward VII
- Alice Keppel, mistress of King Edward VII
- Freda Dudley Ward, mistress of King Edward VIII while Prince of Wales
- Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness, mistress of King Edward VIII while Prince of Wales
- Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, mistress and wife of King Edward VIII, later The Duke of Windsor