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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Predicate Object
instanceOf French noblewoman
courtier
person
royal mistress
activeYears c. 1660s–1680s at the French court
alsoKnownAs Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart
surface form: 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
surface form: Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, duchesse d’Orléans

Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse
surface form: Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse

Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine
surface form: Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine

Louis César de Bourbon, Count of Vexin
surface form: Louis-César de Bourbon, comte de Vexin

Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle du Maine
surface form: Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, duchesse de Bourbon

Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon
surface form: 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, Duke of Mortemart
surface form: Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart
givenName Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart
surface form: 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 Madame de Montespan
surface form: Marquise 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
Château de Versailles
surface form: 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