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Pages in category "Mistresses of Louis XV" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Louise Borré, mistress 1575–1576, daughter of a royal notary. She gave him a son, Hervé (1576–1643) [14] Jeanne de Tignonville, mistress 1577–1578; Victoire de Ayala, mistress in 1578, maid of honour of Catherine de' Medici; Mlle Rebours, mistress in 1579, maid of honour of Queen Margaret; Mlle de Montagu, mistress in 1579
Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (28 August 1744 – 8 December 1793) was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution on accusations of treason — particularly being suspected of assisting émigrés to flee from the Revolution.
Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, comtesse de Mailly (French pronunciation: [lwiz ʒyli də maji nɛl]; 1710–1751) was the eldest of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. She was first the mistress of the Marquis de Puysieux and then of Louis XV from 1732 until 1742, and his official ...
Chief mistress of Louis XV Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour ( / ˈ p ɒ m p ə d ʊər / , French: [pɔ̃paduʁ] ⓘ ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour , was a member of the French court .
Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux (French pronunciation: [maʁi an də maji nɛl]; 5 October 1717 – 8 December 1744) was the youngest of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. [1] She was his mistress from 1742 until 1744. [1]
Diane Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle, Duchesse de Lauraguais (11 February 1713 – 3 November 1769 in Paris) was the third of the five famous de Nesle sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. She was his mistress on and off from 1742 to 1745.
When Louis XIV himself finally died on 1 September 1715, Louis, at the age of five, trembling and crying and against all probability, inherited the throne as Louis XV. [ 3 ] According to Charles V's royal ordinance of 1374 the Kingdom of France must be governed by a regent until a given king had reached the age of 13. [ 5 ]