Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Duchess of Fontanges was a French noblewoman and mistress of Louis XIV. Additionally she held the position of a lady-in-waiting to his sister-in-law Elizabeth Charlotte,
Château de Bussy Rabutin Marie Anglique de Scorailles de Roussille, duchesse de Fontanges
La duchesse de Fontanges
Françoise d'Aubigné, known first as Madame Scarron and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon, was a French noblewoman and the second wife of King Louis XIV from 1683 until his death in 1715. Although sh
Marie Angélique de Scorailles
…Louis XIV had appeared to be losing interest in his longtime established mistress Madame de Montespan and turning to the governess of their children, Madame de Maintenon. Infatuated by the beauty of the young girl, the king suddenly abandoned both women, and the stand-off between the two was suddenly eclipsed by a new…
Portrait by Pierre Mignard, 1694
Mme de Scarron
Madame de Maintenon with her niece, Françoise Amable d'Aubigné.
Madame de Maintenon with the natural children of Louis XIV by Antoine Coypel, 1684