Louise de La Vallière

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French noblewoman human royal mistress

Louise de La Vallière was a 17th-century French noblewoman best known as one of King Louis XIV’s early and most devoted mistresses, with whom she had several children before retiring to a convent.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Louise de la Vallière 4
Duchess of La Vallière 1
Françoise Louise de La Baume Le Blanc de La Vallière 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French noblewoman ⓘ
human ⓘ
royal mistress ⓘ
associatedWith Louis XIV of France ⓘ
birthName Louise de La Vallière self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Françoise Louise de La Baume Le Blanc de La Vallière
burialPlace Carmelite convent in the Faubourg Saint-Jacques, Paris ⓘ
surface form: Carmelite convent, Faubourg Saint-Jacques, Paris
child Charles de La Baume Le Blanc ⓘ
Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vermandois ⓘ
Marie-Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois ⓘ
Philippe de La Baume Le Blanc ⓘ
childWith Louis XIV of France ⓘ
convertedTo cloistered religious life ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
courtRole maid of honour to Henrietta of England, Duchess of Orléans ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1644-08-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1710-06-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Queen Anne of Austria ⓘ
surface form: court of Anne of Austria
endTime c. 1667 (as principal mistress of Louis XIV) ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
familyName de La Baume Le Blanc ⓘ
father Laurent de La Baume Le Blanc ⓘ
givenName Françoise ⓘ
Louise ⓘ
knownFor being an early mistress of Louis XIV of France ⓘ
noted piety and repentance later in life ⓘ
retiring to a Carmelite convent ⓘ
memberOfReligiousOrder Order of the Discalced Carmelites ⓘ
mother Laurence de La Baume Le Blanc ⓘ
name Louise de La Vallière self-link ⓘ
nobleTitle Louise de La Vallière self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duchess of La Vallière

Duchess of Vaujours ⓘ
occupation noblewoman ⓘ
royal mistress ⓘ
partner Louis XIV of France ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France ⓘ
Touraine ⓘ
Tours, France ⓘ
surface form: Tours
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
positionHeld mistress of Louis XIV of France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousName Sister Louise of Mercy ⓘ
residence Carmelite convent in the Faubourg Saint-Jacques, Paris ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Château de Versailles

Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Louis de La Baume Le Blanc (marriage by title; she held the duchy in her own right) ⓘ
startTime c. 1661 (as mistress of Louis XIV) ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raoul de Bragelonne → appearsIn → Louise de La Vallière ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louise de la Vallière
Louise de La Vallière → birthName → Louise de La Vallière self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Françoise Louise de La Baume Le Blanc de La Vallière
The Vicomte of Bragelonne → featuresCharacter → Louise de La Vallière ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mlle de La Vallière
Musketeer cycle → hasPart → Louise de La Vallière ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louise de la Vallière
d'Artagnan Romances → hasPart → Louise de La Vallière ⓘ
subject surface form: The Vicomte of Bragelonne
this entity surface form: Louise de la Vallière
The Vicomte of Bragelonne → hasPart → Louise de La Vallière ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louise de la Vallière
Raoul de Bragelonne → loveInterest → Louise de La Vallière ⓘ
Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vermandois → mother → Louise de La Vallière ⓘ
Louise de La Vallière → name → Louise de La Vallière self-link ⓘ
Louise de La Vallière → nobleTitle → Louise de La Vallière self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchess of La Vallière
Louis XIV of France → partner → Louise de La Vallière ⓘ