Athénaïs

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Athénaïs was the familiar name of Madame de Montespan, the influential chief mistress of King Louis XIV of France and a prominent figure at the 17th-century French court.

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Athénaïs canonical 1

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instanceOf French noblewoman
courtier
person
royal mistress
activeYears c. 1660s–1680s at the French court
alsoKnownAs Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart
Madame de Montespan
associatedWith Affair of the Poisons
burialPlace Cordeliers Convent, Paris
chiefMistressOf Louis XIV of France
child Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, duchesse d’Orléans
Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse
Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine
Louis-César de Bourbon, comte de Vexin
Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, duchesse de Bourbon
Louise-Marie-Anne de Bourbon
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
court Court of Louis XIV
dateOfBirth 1640-10-05
dateOfDeath 1707-05-27
era 17th-century France
familyName de Rochechouart
father Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart
givenName Françoise-Athénaïs
house House of Rochechouart
influenced patronage of arts at the court of Louis XIV
languageSpoken French
marriageStart 1663
mother Diane de Grandseigne
nobleTitle Marquise de Montespan
linked to: Madame de Montespan
notableFor being the influential chief mistress of Louis XIV of France
political influence at the court of Louis XIV
partner Louis XIV of France
placeOfBirth Lussac-les-Châteaux
Poitou
placeOfDeath Bourges
positionHeld lady-in-waiting to Queen Maria Theresa of Spain
religion Roman Catholicism
residence French royal court
Palace of Versailles
sibling Madame de Thianges
socialClass French high nobility
spouse Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin
style Madame de Montespan

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Madame de Montespan givenName Athénaïs