Marquise de Montespan

Marquise de Montespan (1641-1707) was mistress of Louis XIV. She was a woman noted for her wit and beauty. She bore the king eight children. However, she was supplanted by Madame de Maintenon (1635 – 1719). She passed her last days in religious retirement.

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Marquise de Pompadour, Marquise de Rambouillet, Marriage, Marrow Controversy, Mars