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Françoise d'Aubigné (27 November 1635 – 15 April 1719), known first as Madame Scarron and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon (French: [madam də mɛ̃t(ə)nɔ̃] ⓘ), was a French noblewoman and the second wife of Louis XIV of France from 1683 until his death in 1715.
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Apr 11, 2024 · Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (baptized Nov. 28, 1635, Niort, Poitou, France—died April 15, 1719, Saint-Cyr) was the second wife and untitled queen of King Louis XIV of France. She encouraged an atmosphere of dignity and piety at court and founded an educational institution for poor girls at Saint-Cyr (1686).
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Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635—1719) The second wife of King Louis XIV of France, Madame de Maintenon has long fascinated historians and novelists by her improbable life. Born into an impoverished, criminal family, Maintenon conquered salon society as the wife of the poet Paul Scarron.
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, first appeared at Versailles in the 1670s. Born in 1635 in the prison at Niort, where her father was imprisoned for debt, she was orphaned in 1647 and in 1652 married the poet Paul Scarron, who was renowned as a master of the burlesque.
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Madame de Maintenon, née Françoise d'Aubigné ou, plus rarement, d'Aubigny [1], née le 27 novembre 1635 à Niort et morte le 15 avril 1719 à la Maison royale de Saint-Louis à Saint-Cyr, est une dame française des XVII e et XVIII e siècles qui fut l'épouse puis la veuve de Paul Scarron.
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Françoise d’Aubigné, marchioness de Maintenon, known as Madame de Maintenon, (baptized Nov. 28, 1635, Niort, Poitou, France—died April 15, 1719, Saint-Cyr), Second wife of Louis XIV of France. After enduring an impoverished childhood, she married the poet Paul Scarron, 25 years her senior, in 1652.
Maintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de (1635–1719) French noblewoman who was the second wife of Louis XIV and established an influential school for girls. Name variations: Madame or Mlle Maintenon.
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