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At the time Louis XIV had appeared to be losing interest in his longtime established mistress Marquise de Montespan and turning to the governess of their children, Madame de Maintenon. Infatuated by the beauty of the young girl, the king suddenly abandoned both women, [ 3 ] and the stand-off between the two was suddenly eclipsed by a new ...
Pages in category "Mistresses of Louis XIV" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Catherine ...
Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchess of La Vallière and Vaujours (6 August 1644 – 6 June 1710) was a French noblewoman and the mistress of King Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. La Vallière joined the royal court in 1661 as maid-of-honour to Henrietta of England and soon became Louis XIV's mistress.
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan (5 October 1640 – 27 May 1707), commonly known as Madame de Montespan (French: [madam də mɔ̃tɛspɑ̃]), was a French noblewoman and the most celebrated royal mistress of King Louis XIV.
Mme Quelin, mistress in 1598; Isabelle Potier, mistress 1598–1599; Mlle Clein, mistress in 1599; La Glandée, mistress in 1599; Marie-Françoise de La Bourdaisière, sister of Gabrielle d’Estrées, mistress in 1599; Jacqueline de Bueil (c. 1580–1651) Charlotte des Essarts (c. 1580–1651), mistress 1607–1609; Angélique Paulet, mistress ...
Louis XIV of France. Louis XIV (1638–1715), the Bourbon monarch of the Kingdom of France, was the son of King Louis XIII of France and Queen Anne. The descendants of Louis XIV are numerous. Although only one of his children by his wife Maria Theresa of Spain survived past infancy, Louis had many illegitimate children by his mistresses. [1]
A grotesque face in the main courtyard of the Hotel de Beauvais, reputedly a portrait of Catherine Bellier. Catherine-Henriette Bellier, baroness de Beauvais (French pronunciation: [katʁin ɑ̃ʁjɛt bɛlje]; Poitou, 1614 – 7 June 1689 in Arrou), was a French courtier, best remembered as the first mistress of King Louis XIV of France.
Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.