Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan (5 October 1640 – 27 May 1707), commonly known as Madame de Montespan (French: [madam...
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fortunes improve through her friendship with Louis XIV's mistress, Madame de Montespan, who tasked her with the upbringing of the king's extramarital children...
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literature, and philosophy. In 1666, she was replaced as mistress by Madame de Montespan, but created a suo jure duchess and invested with lands. After an...
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La Voisin (section Connection to Madame de Montespan)
was Madame de Montespan, the official royal mistress to King Louis XIV of France. Their contact was often performed through the companion of Montespan, Claude...
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at court. By 12 June, work was ordered to begin at once because Madame de Montespan was anxious to start planting the grounds that very fall. André Le...
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out-of-wedlock with Madame de Montespan. At birth, he was put in the care of Madame de Montchevreuil along with his older sister Françoise-Marie de Bourbon. Louis...
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XIV, Madame de Montespan, and One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 142–149. 159.—DE Mme DE SÉVIGNÉ A Mme DE GRIGNAN...
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XIV's mistress Madame de Montespan. He was the son of Roger-Hector de Pardaillan de Gondrin, marquis of Antin, and Marie-Christine de Zamet de Murat. In February...
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Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse, the youngest legitimized son of King Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. Marie...
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légitimée de France, a legitimised daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his famous mistress, Madame de Montespan. She was the wife of Louis Armand II de Bourbon...
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Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (redirect from Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duc du Maine)
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine (31 March 1670 – 14 May 1736) was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king's...
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Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Madame de Montespan. Gabrielle was the eldest child of Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart and his wife Diane de Grandseigne...
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favourite Madame de Montespan. She was known for her involvement in the famous Affair of the Poisons (1679–1680). Daughter of the actors Nicolas de Vin and...
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de Pons, comte de Bourg-Charente, the niece of César Phoebus d'Albret, Count of Miossens, and a cousin by marriage to Madame de Montespan. She was originally...
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1677 at the Château de Maintenon, owned since 1674 by Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, the governess of Madame de Montespan's illegitimate children...
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Étienne Guibourg (category People imprisoned by lettre de cachet)
rituals with Catherine Monvoisin for Madame de Montespan. Guibourg claimed to be the illegitimate son of Henri de Montmorency. He was the sacristan of...
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mistress) Madame de Montespan (1640–1707), the king himself, Louis XIV (1638–1715) took an interest in her. They started a discreet affair, but Montespan became...
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Marguerite Monvoisin (category People imprisoned by lettre de cachet)
the execution of her mother, that implicated the royal mistress Madame de Montespan in the process, causing Louis XIV to eventually disrupt the whole...
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Louis César, Count of Vexin (redirect from Louis-César de Bourbon)
January 1683) was a son of Louis XIV of France and his mistress Madame de Montespan. He was the Abbot of Saint-Denis and of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Louis...
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was 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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famous Maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. She died in early childhood. Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon was born at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye...
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XIV and Madame de Montespan, she revelled in politics and the arts, and held a popular salon at the Hôtel du Maine as well as at the Château de Sceaux...
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Château d'Oiron (redirect from Chateau de Oiron)
mistress, Madame de Montespan was one of the residents in the place. Today, Oiron is only a short drive from the royal châteaux in the Val de Loire, but...
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married Madame Royale, daughter of his uncle, Louis XVI of France, in a move to unite both lines of Royal Family. However, the duke and Madame Royale never...
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Maintenon (1635–1719) bought the marquisate from the previous; 1677: Madame de Montespan gave birth to her youngest daughter, future Duchess of Orléans; 1689...
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the previous maîtresse-en-titre Madame de Montespan was involved— Louis XIV, under the influence of the bigoted Madame de Maintenon, underwent a transformation...
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Françoise de Bourbon, was the eldest surviving legitimised daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. Born at the...
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Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (category Burials at the Chapelle royale de Dreux)
cousin Françoise Marie de Bourbon, the youngest legitimised daughter (légitimée de France) of King Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. Named regent of France...
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l'affaire des Poisons. In her testimony she named the king's mistress, Madame de Montespan as another participant in the scandal. She first came to police attention...
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another sister was Madame de Montespan, the mistress of Louis XIV. He was made a Marshal of France. The only son of Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart, he...
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