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Louis XIV’s love of women is well-known. Throughout his life, he had a number of mistresses including the Marquise de Montespan and the Duchess of La Vallière, both of whom bore him several legitimated children.
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Louis XIV Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre. 1661–1667: Louise de La Vallière (1644–1710), duchess of Vaujours; 1667–1681: Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1640–1707), marquise of Montespan; 1678–1681: Marie Angélique de Scoraille de Roussille (1661–1681), duchess of Fontanges
Françoise Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchess of La Vallière and Vaujours (6 August 1644 – 7 June 1710) was a French noblewoman and the first mistress of Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. The daughter of a military governor, La Vallière joined the royal court in 1661 as maid of honour to Henrietta of England, Duchess of Orléans.
First official mistress of Louis XIV 1644 - 1710. Louise de La Vallière met Louis XIV in 1661, at the age of 17, and became his first official favourite. She was to remain at court for more than 10 years. She then entered a convent in 1674, where she remained until her death in 1710.
Oct 15, 2006 · Louis made Athénaïs his primary mistress for most of a decade, providing her with fabulous apartments at Versailles on the same floor as the queen and a chateau of her own at Clagny, where she...
