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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]
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 ...
In 1649 a penniless lady of good family, Céleste de Palaiseau, kept his house in the Rue d'Enfer, and tried to reform the habits of Scarron and his circle. [1] In 1652, he married the impoverished but beautiful Françoise d'Aubigné, [1] afterwards famous as Madame de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV. [2] He died in Paris on 6 October 1660.
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 .
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 ...
The Château de Maintenon (French pronunciation: [ʃato də mɛ̃tnɔ̃]) is a château, developed from the original castle, situated in the commune of Maintenon in the Eure-et-Loir département of France.
From the 1876 translation of Caroline Andrews: In the reign of Louis XIV, a seminary for young ladies was founded at St. Cyr, at the persuasion of Madame Maintenon, who gave her entire attention to the education of 250 noble young ladies; who were educated free of expense until their 20th year.