Madame de Montespan

Madame de Montespan (5 October 1640 – 27 Mey 1707) wis a member o the French coort an wis the offeecial chief mistress o King Louis XIV o Fraunce. They had several childer thegither. She wis also a sister o the Maréchal de Vivonne. She wis also a lady-in-waiting tae Princess Henrietta o Ingland, Duchess o Orléans, "Madame" along with Louise de La Vallière. She owned the Château de Clagny.

Madame de Montespan
Marquise o Montespan
Montespan circa 1660.
Full name Françoise de Rochechouart
Born	5 October 1640(1640-10-05) Lussac-les-Châteaux, Fraunce
Bapteesed	5 October 1640 Lussac-les-Châteaux, Fraunce
Dee'd	27 Mey 1707(1707-05-27) (aged 66) Bourbon-l'Archambault, Fraunce
Noble faimily	Rochechouart (bi birth) Pardaillan (bi mairiage)
Spoose(s)	Louis Henri de Pardaillan
Issue Louis Antoine, Duke o Antin Marie Christine de Pardaillan Louis Auguste, Duke o Maine Louis César, Coont o Vexin Louise Françoise, Duchess o Bourbon Louise Marie Anne, Mademoiselle de Tours Marie Françoise, Duchess o Orléans Louis Alexandre, Coont o Toulouse
Faither	Gabriel de Rochechouart
Mither	Diane de Grandseigne
Seegnatur
Thrift	Chief mistress tae Louis XIV

Early life an mairiage

Born Françoise de Rochechouart in Lussac-les-Châteaux, Fraunce, she wis a dochter o Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duke o Mortemart an Diane de Grandseigne. She wis the third o five childer. The Hoose o Rochechouart were a well-known an highly regarded family. Eventually Françoise would mairy Louis Henri de Pardaillan, "Marquis o Montespan" in Februar 1663. As a result o this Françoise would be known as Madame de Montespan as a result. The couple would have twa bairn thegither.

Issue with Montespan

1. Marie Christine de Pardaillan (17 November 1663 - 1675) died unmairit an haed nae issue..
2. Louis Antoine de Pardaillan, Marquis o Antin later Duke o Antin (5 September 1664 – 2 November 1736) mairit Julie Françoise de Crussol an haed issue.

Issue with Louis XIV

1. Louise Françoise de Bourbon (1669-1672) died young.
2. Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Duke o Maine (31 Mairch 1670 - 14 Mey 173) mairit Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon an had issue.
3. Louis César de Bourbon, Coont o Vexin (20 Juin 1672 – 10 Januar 1683) died in infancy.
4. Louise Françoise de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle de Nantes" (1 Juin 1673 – 16 Juin 1743) mairit Louis de Bourbon, Duke o Bourbon, Prince o Condé an haed issue.
5. Louise Marie Anne de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle de Tours" 18 November 1674 – 15 September 1681) died young.
6. Marie Françoise de Bourbon, "Mademoiselle de Blois" (4 Mey 1677 – 1 Februar 1749) mairit Philippe d'Orléans, Duke o Orléans, Regent o Fraunce an haed issue.
7. Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Coont o Toulouse (6 Juin 1678 – 1 December 1737) mairit Marie Victoire de Noailles an haed issue.

Titles an styles

• 5 October 1641 - 28 Januar 1663 Mademoiselle de Mortemart or Mademoiselle de Tonnay-Charente.
• 28 Januar 1663 - November 1702 The Marquis o Montespan (Madame la marquise de Montespan)
• November 1702 - 27 Mey 1707 The Dowager Marquise o Montespan (Madame la marquise de Montespan douairière)

Ither wabsteids

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