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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. 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.

  3. Mar 4, 2020 · Madame de Montespan died at 66 in 1707 after living her final days in penance. The name Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, the Marquise de Montespan, was blackened by her association with witchcraft, but she once reigned in the heaven on earth of the French court as the Queen of Versailles.

  4. Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, marquise de Montespan was the mistress of Louis XIV of France for 13 years. Daughter of the marquis (from 1650 duc) de Mortemart, she was married in 1663 to the marquis de Montespan, by whom she had two children.

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  5. 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.

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  7. Montespan, Françoise, Marquise de (1640–1707) Brilliant mistress of Louis XIV, during his most successful years, who lived a life of splendor, scandal, and sincere repentance. Name variations: Athénaïs or Athenais; Madame de Montespan. Pronunciation: Fran-SWAHZ mar-KAY-sa der MOHN-TES-PAH.

  8. Membre de la maison de la reine, Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1640-1707), marquise de Montespan, fréquente le souverain depuis le début des années 1660 mais c’est vraisemblablement vers 1666-1667 que Louis XIV tombe sous son charme.

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