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Madame de Maintenon
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Madame de Maintenon (27 November 1635 – 15 Aprile 1719) wis a French woman who wad eventually acome the seicont wife o Keeng Louis XIV, even thocht the mairit wis never annoonced tae the public. born "Françoise d'Aubigné" she wis a dochter o Constant d'Aubigné an his wife Jeanne de Cardilhac. She wis born in in Niort, in wastren Fraunce. In 1652, Françoise wad mairit Paul Scarron[2] As a result she wad acome kent as "Madame Scarron". She eventually became a friend o Madame de Montespan[3] an wad an aa be the main governess tae the childer o King Louis an Montespan. In 1675, the king gae her the title o Marquise o Maintenon efter the name o her personal estate. A favour that incurred Madame de Montespan's jealousy. At court, she wis nou kent as Madame de Maintenon, as a result o King Louis buying her an estate at Maintenon. It haes been suspected that Maintenon an king Louis haed a private marriage ceremony atween October 1683 or Januar 1684. King Louis' wife Queen Marie Thérèse died in Julie 1683. As a result o her birth Maintenon wad never be acknowledged as Louis' wife or as Queen o Fraunce. She an aa foondit the Maison royale de Saint Louis, a schuil for girls frae poorer noble families, in 1684.
Madame de Maintenon | |
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Marquise o Maintenon | |
![]() Maintenon an her niece[1] (wife o the future Duke o Noailles) | |
Full name
Françoise d'Aubigné | |
Born | 27 November 1635 Hôtel du Chaumont, Niort, Fraunce |
Dee'd | 15 Aprile 1719 (aged 83) Saint Cyr, Fraunce |
Spoose(s) | Paul Scarron Louis XIV o Fraunce (secret) |
Issue
none | |
Faither | Constant d'Aubigné |
Mither | Jeanne de Cardilhac |
Seegnatur | ![]() |
Thrift | Mistress an secret wife o Louis XIV |
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