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Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (died 1707)

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Madame de Montespan

Most celebrated maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV

Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan, commonly known as Madame de Montespan, 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 late…
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Louis XIV

King of France from 1643 to 1715

Louis XIV, also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any monarch in history. An emblem of the age of absolutism in Europe, Louis XIV's legacy includes French…
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