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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 ...

    • 5 October 1640, Lussac-les-Châteaux, France
    • 27 May 1707 (aged 66), Bourbon-l'Archambault, France
    • Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart
  2. Mar 27, 2024 · 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. She was appointed lady-in-waiting to the queen of.

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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. 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.

  8. Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, marquise de Montespan (1641–1707) Document authorizing the apprenticeship of Marie-Anne de la Motte to a tailor Convent of St. Joseph, Paris, 9 February 1689. Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635–1719)

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