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Montespan, Françoise Athénaïs, marquise de

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Montespan, Françoise Athénaïs, marquise de (fräNswäz` ätānäēs` märkēz` də môNtəspäN`), 1641–1707, mistress of King Louis XIV of France. She was maid of honor to Queen Marie Thérèse and replaced (c.1667) Mlle de La Vallière La Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc de
..... Click the link for more information.  as the king's mistress. She bore the king several children. Their education was entrusted to Mme de Maintenon Maintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de
..... Click the link for more information. , who succeeded her in the king's favor. She later retired to a convent.

Bibliography

See H. N. Williams, Madame de Montespan (1903); F. Mossiker, The Affair of the Poisons (1970).



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