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.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf French Roman Catholic
French noblewoman
courtier
educator
marquise
morganatic spouse
royal consort
alsoKnownAs Madame de Maintenon
associatedWith Madame de Montespan
illegitimate children of Louis XIV
birthDate 1635-11-27
birthPlace Niort, Kingdom of France
burialPlace Saint-Cyr-l’École
convertedFrom Protestant background
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
court Court of Louis XIV at Versailles
deathCause natural causes
deathDate 1719-04-15
deathPlace Saint-Cyr-l’École, Kingdom of France
era Ancien Régime
reign of Louis XIV
father Constant d’Aubigné
founded Maison royale de Saint-Louis
school for girls of impoverished nobility at Saint-Cyr
fullName Françoise d’Aubigné
gender female
influenced education of noble girls in France
piety and moral tone of Louis XIV’s later reign
knownForTrait political discretion
religious devotion
language French
marriageTypeWithLouisXIV morganatic marriage
monarchServed Louis XIV of France
mother Jeanne de Cardilhac
nobleFamily d’Aubigné family
nobleRank marquise
notableFor being the morganatic second wife of Louis XIV of France
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
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Saint-Cyr-l’École
Versailles
socialBackground impoverished nobility
spouse Louis XIV of France
Paul Scarron
title Marquise de Maintenon

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Louis Dieudonné
Louis XIV of France
spouse
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon ("Madame de Maintenon")
alsoKnownAs
Pierre Mignard ("Madame de Maintenon")
patron
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon ("Marquise de Maintenon")
title

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