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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.
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.
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The first exhibition entirely devoted to the Marquise of Maintenon, on the tercentenary of her death on 15 April 1719, recounts the extraordinary life of Françoise d’Aubigné. She was born in a prison yet went on to become the Sun King's wife in 1683.
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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