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Montespan

noun
1.
French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707).  Synonyms: Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan.






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"Montespan" Quotes from Famous Books



... de Bourbon, fille de Madame de Montespan, et femme du Regent. A stiffish picture; ...
— A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two • Thomas Frognall Dibdin

... and great at a time when France was in the full flower of her splendid genius. Corneille, Racine, Moliere, if permitted to be, must pay him an almost idolatrous homage. The beautiful Valliere was sent away, and de Montespan's reign ...
— A Short History of France • Mary Platt Parmele

... love sounds trite and commonplace as we read the story, and yet in the light of the events that followed in quick succession the sentimental platitudes of the innocent child, La Valliere, and the worldly aphorisms of the ambitious Athenais, afterwards Madame de Montespan, gain both dignity and pathos. That Louise, the timid and gentle, should express herself so warmly upon her admiration for the King reveals the fact that the handsome young sovereign had already made an ...
— In Chteau Land • Anne Hollingsworth Wharton



Words linked to "Montespan" :   marquise, marchioness



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