Françoise Marie de Bourbon
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Françoise Marie de Bourbon was the youngest illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. At the age of 14, she married her first cousin Philippe d
Pierre Gobert, "Portrait of the Duchess of Orléans Françoise Marie de Bourbon", 1700
Portrait of Françoise Marie (by François de Troy, ca. 1692)
Mademoiselle de Blois as Galatea Triumphant (by Pierre Gobert, 1692)
Françoise Marie with her son (by Pierre Gobert)
Louis XIV
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Louis XIV was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. He is a symbol of the Age of Absolutism in Europe for styling himself as "The Sun King" and "Louis the Great", which portrayed hi
Françoise Marie de Bourbon
…Françoise Marie de Bourbon (Légitimée de France; 4 May 1677 – 1 February 1749) was the youngest illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan. At the age of 14, she married her first cousin Philippe d'Orléans, the future regent of…
Portrait of Louis XIV, 1701
Louis XIV as a young child, by an unknown painter
Baptismal certificate, 1638
Louis XIV, then Dauphin of France, in 1642, one year before his accession to the throne, by Philippe de Champaigne