Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan (5 October 1640 – 27 May 1707), commonly known as Madame de Montespan (French: [madam...

fortunes improve through her friendship with Louis XIV's mistress, Madame de Montespan, who tasked her with the upbringing of the king's illegitimate children...

was Madame de Montespan, the official royal mistress to King Louis XIV of France. Their contact was often performed through the companion of Montespan, Claude...

been supplanted as the king's favourite due to the machinations of Madame de Montespan. La Vallière's relationship with the king ended a year later. Two...

XIV's mistress Madame de Montespan. He was the son of Roger-Hector de Pardaillan de Gondrin, marquis of Antin, and Marie-Christine de Zamet de Murat. In February...

out-of-wedlock with Madame de Montespan. At birth, he was put in the care of Madame de Montchevreuil along with his older sister Françoise-Marie de Bourbon. Louis...

at court. By 12 June, work was ordered to begin at once because Madame de Montespan was anxious to start planting the grounds that very fall. André Le...

XIV, Madame de Montespan, and One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 142–149. 159.—DE Mme DE SÉVIGNÉ A Mme DE GRIGNAN...

Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse, the youngest legitimized son of King Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. Marie...

Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine (31 March 1670 – 14 May 1736) was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king's...