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  1. 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. During their romantic relationship, which lasted from the late 1660s to the late ...

  2. Died: May 27/28, 1707, Bourbon-l’Archambault. Role In: Affair of the Poisons. Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, marquise de Montespan (born Oct. 5, 1641, Tonnay-Charente, France—died May 27/28, 1707, Bourbon-l’Archambault) was the mistress of Louis XIV of France for 13 years. Daughter of the marquis (from 1650 duc) de Mortemart, she ...

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  3. Mar 4, 2020 · Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart, the Marquise de Montespan, was the favorite official mistress to King Louis XIV until she was accused of witchcraft. She was ousted from Versailles after facing accusations of witchcraft and would spend her final years in a convent.

  4. As a member of the Queen’s household, Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1640-1707), Marquise de Montespan, first met the King in the early 1660s, but it seems that it was not until around 1666-1667 that Louis XIV fell under her spell.

  5. Née en octobre 1640 1 au château de Lussac-les-Châteaux et baptisée le 5 octobre 1640 n 1, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart est la fille de Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart, gentilhomme de la chambre du roi, et de Diane de Grandseigne, dame d'honneur de la reine Anne d'Autriche.

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  7. Born Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart on October 5, 1640, in the Château de Lussac near Lussacles-Châteaux (Vienne); died at Bourbon-l'Archambault (Allier), May 27, 1707, probably of heart disease and an overdose of emetic, and was buried in the Church of the Franciscans (Cordeliers) in Poitiers (Vienne); daughter of Gabriel de ...

  8. Biographies Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan. born on 5 October 1641 in Tonnay-Charente. died on 27 May 1707 in Bourbon l'Archambault. Mistress of Louis XIV. 315th death anniversary on 27 May 2022.

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