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d'Aubigné Coat-of-Arms. Françoise d'Aubigné was born on 27 November 1635, in Niort, France.A plaque suggests her birthplace was at the Hotel du Chaumont, [1] but some sources indicate she was born in [2] or just outside the local prison, where her Huguenot father Constant d'Aubigné was incarcerated for conspiring against King Louis XIII's powerful chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu. [3]
1640: Louis, marquis de Maintenon, baron then marquis de Meslay, seigneur de La Moutonnière, of Moutier, and La Villeneuve, de Blainville and of Saint-Gervais, son of the above, married Marie Le Clerc du Tremblay; Second part of the 17th century : Charles François (1648–1691), marquis de Maintenon, épouse Catherine du Poyet de Poincy.
Buckley's second book, Madame de Maintenon: The Secret Wife of Louis XIV, was published by Bloomsbury in July 2008. It is a biography of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, who rose from the humblest of beginnings to become the morganatic wife of the Sun King, and highly influential at his Court. In April 2008, the first edition was ...
Madame Ulrich (born c. 1665, died after 1707) was a French playwright and writer. Along with Catherine Bernard and Charlotte Legrand , she was one of only three female authors to have had a play performed at the Comédie-Française theater in Paris during the 17th century.
The Maison Royale de Saint-Louis was a boarding school for girls set up on 15 June 1686 [1] at Saint-Cyr (what is now the commune of Saint-Cyr-l'École, Yvelines) in France by King Louis XIV at the request of his second secret wife, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, who wanted a school for girls from impoverished noble families.
English: Portrait of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719), second wife of Louis XIV of France (1638-1715) Français : Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719), représentée en Françoise Romaine .
Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine claimed in her letters that Madame de Maintenon did not wish the Dauphine to play any great role at court, slandered her against the king and bribed Barbara Bessola to isolate her. Bessola and Elizabeth Charlotte disliked each other, and the former accused the latter of being a spy of Maintenon.
Maintenon is known for its picturesque Château de Maintenon, first home to the family d’Angennes, Marquis de Maintenon, later home of Madame de Maintenon, morganatic second wife of King Louis XIV. Another tourist attraction is the ruined aqueduct of Maintenon, built by Louis XIV to carry water from the Eure to the gardens of the Palace of ...