Madame de Montespan

Louis XV and Marie Leszczynska had ten children. Twin girls were born less than two years after their marriage. Louis

Not quite at the same volume as his grandfather Henri IV, Louis XIV is credited with having at least fifteen

One of Louis XIV’s many mistresses was a beautiful young noblewoman who was the Princess of Soubise. Louis had met

Marie-Angélique de Scorailles, Mademoiselle de Fontanges, was a beautiful young girl, the same age as Louis XIV‘s son, when she

Françoise de Montespan, or “Athenaïs” as she preferred to be called, did not arrive at Versailles with the goal of

“Mesdames apartments” occupy the north-west corner of the ground floor of the Chateau. The south-east side is the Dauphin’s apartment.

Louise de la Vallière Louis XIV legitimised his two surviving children by Louise de la Vallière and the six he