November 1635 – 15 April 1719), known first as Madame Scarron and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon (French: [madam də mɛ̃t(ə)nɔ̃] ), was a French noblewoman...

as being the private residence of the second spouse of Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon. The castle has been designated as a protected historical monument...

with Madame de Maintenon. To the King, she explained frankly and freely: "If I hadn't loved you, then I would not have hated Madame de Maintenon so much...

d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur. The origins of the Maison Royale de Saint-Louis were strongly linked to the youth of Madame de Maintenon. She was herself...

confessor united his influence with that of Madame de Maintenon to induce the king to abandon his liaison with Madame de Montespan. More than once at Easter he...

(2016) and The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw (2020). Walker portrayed Madame de Maintenon in series two and three of the TV series Versailles. She also appeared...

her cousin Madame de Montespan. As the cousin of Madame de Montespan, the king's mistress, and the personal friend of Madame de Maintenon, she was well...

3rd Duke of Noailles. She was the niece of Françoise d'Aubigné, Madame de Maintenon, and her heiress. Françoise Charlotte was the only child of Charles...

Louis de Noailles, and a more distinguished soldier than his brother. He was the son of Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon. He...

children) was entrusted to one of Madame de Montespan's friends, Madame Scarron (the future marquise de Maintenon). A son, Louis-Auguste, was born in...

Madame de Maintenon, the Grande Mademoiselle, Madame de Montespan, Duke of Saint-Simon, Voltaire, Cardinal Dubois, and in the Journal of the Duc de Luynes...

requested by Madame de Maintenon to return to liturgical drama. It is often negatively compared to Racine's 1691 biblical play written for Maintenon, Athalie...

by the author and biographer Stefan Zweig, who wrote: "Not even Madame de Maintenon, not even the Pompadour, cost as much as this favourite, this angel...

great-granddaughter of Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon. In 1795, the Marquise de LaFayette was imprisoned and facing execution. Elizabeth...

Madame de Maintenon: The Secret Wife of Louis XIV, was published by Bloomsbury in July 2008. It is a biography of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon...

Scarron was the first husband of Françoise d'Aubigné, who later became Madame de Maintenon and secretly married King Louis XIV of France. Scarron was born and...

Cirneco dell'Etna, and the Ibizan Hound. In the seventeenth century, Madame de Maintenon and Louis, Dauphin of France, brought a dog of this type to the court...

d'Aubigné (commonly known as Madame de Villette; 1584 – Mursay, 24 January 1663) was a French noblewoman and aunt of Madame de Maintenon. Born as the elder child...

son of Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon, and a nephew of Marie Victoire de Noailles, daughter-in-law of Louis XIV of France...

castle in Maintenon, transforming it into the Château de Maintenon. Later, it was remade into a fashionable country house for Madame de Maintenon, the second...

rumoured that Madame de Montespan had arranged it to disturb the relationship between the king and Madame de Maintenon. Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, Mémoires...

session, wrote the Marquis de Dangeau: "the King, who had no advice to keep, had the patience to be painted at Madame de Maintenon's by Rigaud; he sends this...

Cardinal de Noailles, raised the Noailles family to its greatest fame. A grandson married Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon. Chisholm...

of fashion. She invented the hair style a' la Maintenon, which was famously adopted by Madame de Maintenon. She remained the leading hair dresser of the...

persecution of the Protestants was Louis XIV's pious second wife, Madame de Maintenon, who was thought to have urged Louis to revoke Henry IV's edict....

its picturesque Château de Maintenon, first home to the family d’Angennes, Marquis de Maintenon, later home of Madame de Maintenon, morganatic second wife...

died in Versailles at the age of 26. Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon were plunged into sadness. Madame later said that Marie Adélaïde was one of only two...

[citation needed] Represented on the public scene after the death of Madame de Maintenon, it was never part of the most popular plays of Racine, though Voltaire...

Dauphine's household: this was Madame de Montchevreuil, the gouvernante of the Dauphine's filles d’honneur. Madame de Maintenon had engaged her to place the...

intimate friend of Madame de Maintenon, the King's morganatic second wife. Marie Françoise was the eldest daughter of Count Charles de Brancas (1618-1681)...