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Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchess of La Vallière and Vaujours (6 August 1644 – 6 June 1710) was a French noblewoman and a mistress of King Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. La Vallière joined the royal court in 1661 as maid-of-honour to Henrietta of England.
Louise-Françoise de la Baume Le Blanc, marquise de La Vallière (1644—1710) A mistress of Louis XIV, who became a Carmelite nun, Mademoiselle de la Vallière has long fascinated historians and novelists by her picaresque life.
Reign of Louis XIV. Louise de la Vallière was born in 1644 in the Bourbonnais region, and came to the Court of France in 1661 as maid of honour to Henrietta of England, the wife of Monsieur, the King’s brother. Louis XIV pretended to court her to mask his affair with his sister-in-law.
Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, duchesse de La Vallière et de Vaujours, est une noble dame française née le 6 août 1644 à Tours et morte le 6 juin 1710 à Paris, et l’une des maîtresses de Louis XIV de 1661 à 1667 [1].
Jun 12, 2009 · Louise de La Vallière and the early life of Louis XIV, from unpublished documents by Lair, Jules Auguste, 1836-1907; Mayne, Ethel Colburn, d. 1941 tr
Louis XIV’s first official mistress, Louise de La Vallière, lived at Court from 1661 to 1674. She bore the king four children, two of whom survived and were legitimised: Marie-Anne de Bourbon, known as Mademoiselle de Blois, and Louis, Count of Vermandois.
Première favorite de Louis XIV 1644 - 1710. Louise de La Vallière rencontre Louis XIV en 1661, à 17 ans, et devient sa première favorite officielle. Elle restera plus de dix ans à la cour avant de se retirer au couvent en 1674, jusqu’à sa mort en 1710.
Jun 2, 2024 · Louise-Françoise de La Baume le Blanc, duchess de La Vallière was the mistress of King Louis XIV (reigned 1643–1715) from 1661 to 1667. La Vallière, the daughter of a military governor, was appointed maid of honour in 1661 to Louis XIV’s sister-in-law Henrietta Anne of England, Duchess d’Orléans.
La Vallière, Louise de (1644–1710) French mistress of Louis XIV from 1661 to 1667. Name variations: Duchesse de La Vallière; Sister (Soeur) Louise de la Miséricorde.
Louise de La Vallière, known as Mademoiselle de La Vallière, was the mistress of Louis XIV from 1661 to 1667. Louise was the mother of six of Louis' children, of whom two survived infancy. The duchy was given the subsidiary title of Duke of Vaujours (duc de Vaujours).
