Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
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Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon was a French noblewoman and influential confidante who became the morganatic second wife of King Louis XIV and a powerful figure at his court.
Aliases (2)
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Roman Catholic
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French noblewoman → courtier → educator → marquise → morganatic spouse → royal consort → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Madame de Maintenon
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| associatedWith |
Madame de Montespan
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illegitimate children of Louis XIV → |
| birthDate |
1635-11-27
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| birthPlace |
Niort, Kingdom of France
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| burialPlace |
Saint-Cyr-l’École
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| convertedFrom |
Protestant background
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of France
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| court |
Court of Louis XIV at Versailles
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| deathCause |
natural causes
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| deathDate |
1719-04-15
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| deathPlace |
Saint-Cyr-l’École, Kingdom of France
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| era |
Ancien Régime
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reign of Louis XIV → |
| father |
Constant d’Aubigné
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| founded |
Maison royale de Saint-Louis
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school for girls of impoverished nobility at Saint-Cyr → |
| fullName |
Françoise d’Aubigné
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| gender |
female
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| influenced |
education of noble girls in France
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piety and moral tone of Louis XIV’s later reign → |
| knownForTrait |
political discretion
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religious devotion → |
| language |
French
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| marriageTypeWithLouisXIV |
morganatic marriage
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| monarchServed |
Louis XIV of France
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| mother |
Jeanne de Cardilhac
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| nobleFamily |
d’Aubigné family
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| nobleRank |
marquise
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| notableFor |
being the morganatic second wife of Louis XIV of France
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founding the Maison royale de Saint-Louis at Saint-Cyr → influence over Louis XIV’s court and religious policy → |
| position |
governess to the illegitimate children of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan
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| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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| residence |
Saint-Cyr-l’École
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Versailles → |
| socialBackground |
impoverished nobility
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| spouse |
Louis XIV of France
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Paul Scarron → |
| title |
Marquise de Maintenon
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Louis Dieudonné
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Louis XIV of France → |
spouse |
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Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
("Madame de Maintenon")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Pierre Mignard
("Madame de Maintenon")
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patron |
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Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
("Marquise de Maintenon")
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title |