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    de Montespan was anxious to start planting the grounds that very fall. André Le Nôtre designed the layout of the gardens. In August 1675, Madame de Sévigné...
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    therefore a grandson of Louis XIV of France and his mistress, Madame de Montespan. From birth he was known as the Duke of Penthièvre. He also possessed...
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    Mossiker, Frances (1969). The Affair of the Poisons: Louis XIV, Madame de Montespan, and one of History's great Unsolved Mysteries. New York: Alfred A. Knopf...
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    Duchess of Bourbon, the legitimised daughter of Louis XIV and the Marquise de Montespan. Four successive architects – Lorenzo Giardini, Pierre Cailleteau, Jean...
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    Chartres to Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois, a legitimised daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, the King deeded the Palais-Royal...
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    Francoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, (1673–1743), her two half-sisters, Louis-Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin D'Antin son of Madame de Montespan. He also...
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    pieces by wild dogs in Constantinople." King Louis XIV gave it to Madame de Montespan whom later he abandoned. Nicholas Fouquet, an "Intendant of France",...
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    century) houses the Pays de Luchon museum. The Chalets Spont at 56 Allées d'Etigny (19th century) The Charles Tron Residence at 1 Avenue Galliéni (1854) The...
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    Maximilian II Emanuel (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    von Hohenfels; also had an affair with Louise Anne de Bourbon, grand daughter of Madame de Montespan. Spencer 2005. Evelyne Bechmann (17 September 2014)...
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    the chase and the arrival of Louis XIV, in which Madame de Montespan appears. The Marquis de Paiva committed suicide, and in 1871 his widow married the...
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    Bénédicte de Bourbon, was a grandson of Louis XIV of France and Madame de Montespan. He was the last member of the legitimised house of Maine branch of the...
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    by the legitimization of Louis' five children by his mistress Madame de Montespan between 1673 and 1681. As newly forged Princes of the Blood all of these...
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    heartbreaking". She also returned to the stage as Gertrude in the Park Avenue Armory production of Hamlet in New York. Ehle received positive reviews...
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    the part outside the walls of Paris. Louis-César de Bourbon, son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, was an abbot here. The tomb of philosopher René...
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    Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan are buried in the church. Louise de Lorraine, duchesse de Bouillon and wife of Charles Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne...
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    purchased a pink marble tub that had served as Madame de Montespan's bath, Montesquiou built a “Pavillon de l’Amour” in the garden modeled after the Petit Trianon’s...
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    from the Roman buildings. Ecclesiastical The Abbaye-aux-Dames. Madame de Montespan was educated here. Other churches: the Basilique Saint-Eutrope (Basilica...
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    ramparts were replaced by large boulevards, and major avenues such as the rue d'Alsace-Lorraine and the rue de Metz opened up the historic centre. In 1875, a...
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    Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023. "Ville de Blagnac en Haute-Garonne (31)". "Ville de Blagnac (31) . Vie quotidienne - Environnement -". Archived...
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    pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pɔl syʁ sav], literally Saint-Paul on Save; Languedocien: Sent Pau de Sava) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France...
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