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Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan (5 October 1640 – 27 May 1707), commonly known as Madame de Montespan (French: [madam də mɔ̃tɛspɑ̃]), was a French noblewoman and the most celebrated royal mistress of King Louis XIV.
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, marquise de Montespan was the mistress of Louis XIV of France for 13 years. Daughter of the marquis (from 1650 duc) de Mortemart, she was married in 1663 to the marquis de Montespan, by whom she had two children.
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, dite Madame de Montespan, est née à Lussac-les-Châteaux le 5 octobre 1640 et est morte à Bourbon-l'Archambault le 27 mai 1707. Elle est marquise de Montespan par son mariage avec Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin.
As a member of the Queen’s household, Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1640-1707), Marquise de Montespan, first met the King in the early 1660s, but it seems that it was not until around 1666-1667 that Louis XIV fell under her spell.
Mar 4, 2020 · Madame de Montespan died at 66 in 1707 after living her final days in penance. The name Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, the Marquise de Montespan, was blackened by her association with witchcraft, but she once reigned in the heaven on earth of the French court as the Queen of Versailles.
Biographies Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan. born on 5 October 1641 in Tonnay-Charente. died on 27 May 1707 in Bourbon l'Archambault. Mistress of Louis XIV. 315th death anniversary on 27 May 2022.
Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640-1707), is one of the most famous mistresses of King Louis XIV. She had eight children with the King. They were brought up by the governess, Madame Scarron, until they were legitimised.
Devenue la maîtresse de Louis XIV (1667), elle évince la duchesse de La Vallière, à laquelle elle succède comme favorite en titre. En dépit d'un exil (1675) et de rivales (notamment la duchesse de Fontanges ), elle règne pendant douze ans (1667-1679) sur le roi et la Cour, mais sans jamais jouer de rôle politique.
