Madame de Montespan

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French aristocrat noblewoman royal mistress

Madame de Montespan was a powerful and influential mistress at the court of Louis XIV, renowned for her beauty, wit, and role in shaping the politics and culture of the French monarchy during the late 17th century.

Aliases (2)

Marquise de Montespan ×2
Athénaïs de Montespan ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French aristocrat → noblewoman → royal mistress →
alsoKnownAs	Athénaïs de Montespan → Marquise de Montespan →
birthName	Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart →
burialPlace	Cordeliers Convent, Poitiers →
causeOfLossOfFavor	Suspicions of involvement in black masses and poisonings →
century	17th century →
child	Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois → Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin → Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse → Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine → Louis-César de Bourbon, comte de Vexin → Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Nantes → Louise-Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Tours →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of France →
court	Court of Louis XIV at Versailles →
dateOfBirth	1640-10-05 →
dateOfDeath	1707-05-27 →
employer	Louis XIV of France →
endTime	c. 1683 (as royal mistress) →
era	Reign of Louis XIV →
familyName	de Mortemart → de Rochechouart →
father	Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart →
givenName	Athénaïs → Françoise →
involvedIn	Affair of the Poisons investigations →
knownFor	Beauty and wit → Influence on politics at the court of Louis XIV → Patronage of literature and the arts →
laterLifeActivity	Retired to a life of penitence and charity →
mother	Diane de Grandseigne →
nobleTitle	Marquise de Montespan →
notableEvent	Affair of the Poisons →
notableRole	Mistress of Louis XIV of France →
notableWork	Patronage of arts and letters at the court of Louis XIV →
numberOfChildrenWithLouisXIV	7 →
partner	Louis XIV of France →
placeOfBirth	Lussac-les-Châteaux → Poitou →
placeOfDeath	Bourges → France →
positionHeld	Maid of Honour to the Queen of France →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
sibling	Madame de Thianges →
spouse	Louis Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin → Marquis de Montespan →
startTime	c. 1667 (as official royal mistress) →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Françoise Marie de Bourbon → Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse → Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Duke of Maine →	mother
Madame de Montespan ("Marquise de Montespan") → Madame de Montespan ("Athénaïs de Montespan") →	alsoKnownAs
Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon →	associatedWith
Madame de Montespan ("Marquise de Montespan") →	nobleTitle
Louis XIV of France →	partner