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Louis was also captivated by Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, 19 years his younger, who was later executed for conspiring with the Spanish enemy in time of war. Tallemant described how on a royal journey, the King "sent M. le Grand [de Cinq-Mars] to undress, who returned, adorned like a bride.
Maria Theresa despised her husband's prolonged infidelity with Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan. [46] Louis reprimanded Madame de Montespan when her behaviour at court too flagrantly disrespected the queen's position, [47] yet often displayed a level of indulgence toward her that surpassed his treatment of the queen. [48]
A series of miscarriages disenchanted the king and served to chill their relations. On 14 March 1622, while playing with her ladies, Anne fell and suffered her second stillbirth. Louis blamed her for the incident and was angry with Marie de Rohan, now the Dowager Duchess of Luynes, for having encouraged the queen in what was seen as negligence ...
The marriage was arranged as a part of a series of Franco-Sardinian dynastic marriages taking place in a time span of eight years: after the wedding between her first cousin the Princesse de Lamballe and Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Prince of Lamballe, [3]: 7 and the wedding between Marie Joséphine and Louis Stanislas, her younger sister Maria ...
Her nephew Louis XIV, who loved and esteemed his aunt, visited her several times and consulted her on everything that concerned the affairs of France. [124] In August 1669, she saw the birth of her granddaughter Anne Marie d'Orléans ; Anne Marie was the maternal grandmother of Louis XV , making Henrietta Maria an ancestor of most of today's ...
Christine Marie of France (10 February 1606 – 27 December 1663) was Duchess of Savoy from 26 July 1630 to 7 October 1637 as the consort of Duke Victor Amadeus I.She was the daughter of Henry IV of France and sister of Louis XIII.
By doing so, Louis XI hoped to extinguish the Orléans cadet branch of the House of Valois. [5] [6] Louis was displeased at the forced marriage, and his treatment of his new wife reflected this. King Louis died in 1483 and was succeeded by his son Charles. As he was still a child, his sister, Anne de Beaujeu, was made Regent of the kingdom. By ...
After her marriage, her appointed court consisted of a great number of followers of the Duke of Bourbon, among them Madame de Prie, the Duchess de Béthune, and the Marquise de Matignon, who, among her twelve ladies-in-waiting or dame du palais, the Duke's own sister, Marie Anne de Bourbon, became her Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine and ...