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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. Although she was never considered queen of France, as the marriage ...
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. During her salon years, she studied ...
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. Par la suite, elle fut titrée marquise de Maintenon.
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The date when Françoise, Marquise de Maintenon, married King Louis XIV of France is not known. It was probably around October 1683. What is known is that while the marriage was kept a secret for as long as possible, and she was never crowned queen of France, Françoise's life as the wife of the most powerful man in Europe was a happy one.
Nov 27, 2015 · Portrait of Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1698), by Pierre Mignard (From Wikimedia Commons) Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise of Montespan, had been a lady-in-waiting before catching the eye of Louis XIV and displacing Louise de la Vallière as his official mistress.
For the full article, see Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon . 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 ...
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At the age of 14, Madame de Maintenon found her a distinguished suitor for her marriage, Adrien-Maurice Duke d’Ayen then Duke de Noailles. Their wedding took place on 30 March 1698 in Versailles, and Françoise Amable received the Château de Maintenon as a dowry gift from her aunt. They had six children.
