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Montespan
[ mon-tuh-span; French mawn-tes-pahn ]
noun
- Marquise de Fran莽oise Ath茅na茂s de Rochechouart, 1641鈥1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.
Montespan
/ 尘蓴虄迟蓻蝉辫蓱虄 /
noun
- Montespan, Marquise de16411707FFrenchPOLITICS: noblewomanMISC: mistress Marquise de, title of Fran莽oise Ath茅na茂s de Rochechouart. 1641鈥1707, French noblewoman; mistress of Louis XIV of France
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The manuscript in question had belonged to the Count of Toulouse, the son of Louis XIV and his mistress, Madame de Montespan, and the count鈥檚 music teacher was none other than Couperin.
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He spent time there not with his wife, Maria-Theresa of Austria, but his lover, Madame de Montespan.
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He supported his tottering power for many years by the influence of Madame de Montespan.
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He resolved to dismiss Madame de Montespan, and departed to join the army without seeing her.
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In the course of his brief penitence, Louis frowned majestically upon his tempest-tempered favorite, Madame de Montespan.
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