List of French royal mistresses

This article contains a listing of notable French royal mistresses.

Chlothar I Waldrada, Princess of the Lombards Arnegundis

Charibert I Merofleda Clothilde Marcovefa Theogilda

Chilperic I Fredgunde d'Ardennes (d. 597), mistress, then wife

Dagobert I Regintrude of Austrasia Berthilde

Charlemagne Gersuinda of the Saxons Amaltrud of Vienne Ethelind Sigrade Madelgard Regina Landrade des Herbages Adelindus

Louis the Pious Theodelinde of Sens

Louis the Stammerer Luitgrade of Saxony Adelheid of Paris

Charles the Simple Edgiva of Kent Frederuna von Ringleheim

Philip I Bertrade de Montfort ( 1070 – c. 1116): marriage not recognised by the Church

Louis VI Marie de Breuillet ( – 1119)

Louis X Unknown woman, with whom he had a daughter, Eudeline.

Philip VI Béatrice de la Berruère (1294–1348)

Charles V Biette de Cassinel (c. 1340 – c. 1380) Unknown, mother of Oudard d'Attainville (1360 – ?).Chronique normande de Pierre Cochon, bailli de Rouen.

Charles VI Odette de Champdivers (c. 1384 – 1424)

Charles VII Agnès Sorel (c. 1422 – 1450) Antoinette de Maignelais (c. 1430 – c. 1461)

Louis XI Félize Régnard (c. 1425 – 1475) Marguerite de Sassenage (c. 1424 – 1471)

Francis I

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre) Françoise de Foix (1495–1537), countess of Châteaubriant Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508–1580), duchess of Étampes Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

Marie Gaudin (1490 or 1495–1580), dame de La Bourdaisière, she was an ancestor of Gabrielle d'Estrées La Belle Ferronnière (1500-1530) Claude de Rohan-Gyé (1519–1579), countess of Tonnerre and of Thoury La Châtelaine de Montfrault Jacquette de Lansac (1490–1532)

Henry II

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre) Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566) Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

Jane Fleming (or Jane Stewart) (c. 1508 – c. 1553) Filippa Duci (c. 1520 –?) Nicole de Savigny (1535–1590), baroness of Fontette

Charles IX Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse) Marie Touchet (c. 1553 – 1638)

Henry III Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse) Louise de La Béraudière du Rouhet (1530-1611) Renée de Rieux de Châteauneuf Veronica Franco (1546–1591) Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé (1553-1574) Jeanne de Laval, dame de Senneterre (1549–1586) Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière (1542-1592), mother of Gabrielle d'Estrées

Henry IV

This list includes historically recognised and popularly attributed mistresses:

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)

Gabrielle d'Estrées (c. 1571–1599), mistress 1591–1599 Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579–1633), marquise of Verneuil, mistress 1599–1609

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

Fleurette de Nérac,Yves Cazaux, Henri IV: Les horizons du règne, Paris : A. Michel, 1986. , p. 189. vers 1571–1572, fille d’un jardinier de Nérac Charlotte de Sauve (c. 1551–1617), mistress in 1572.Anne Danclos, La vie tragique de la reine Margot, Fernand Lanore, 1996. , p. 102. Bretine de Duras, mistress 1573–1574 Louise de la Béraudière, called « La belle Rouet », mistress in 1575, maid of honour of Queen Margaret Louise Borré, mistress 1575–1576, daughter of a royal notary. She gave him a son, Hervé (1576–1643)Histoire de Mésanger de Gilbert Chéron - Tome II, pp. 223–224 Jeanne de Tignonville, mistress 1577–1578 Victoire de Ayala, mistress in 1578, maid of honour of Catherine de' Medici Mlle Rebours, mistress in 1579, maid of honour of Queen Margaret Mlle de Montagu, mistress in 1579 Mme d’Allous, mistress in 1579 Aimée Le Grand, mistress in 1579 Arnaudine, mistress in 1579 La garce de Goliath », mistress in 1579 Catherine de Luc, mistress in 1579. She died of hunger when Henry abandoned her, leaving behind their child.Source : André Castelot, Henri IV le passionné Anne de Cambefort, mistress in 1579. She committed suicide by jumping out of a window after Henry left her Françoise de Montmorency (1566–6 December 1641), mistress 1579–1581, maid of honour of Queen Margaret. She had one stillborn daughter with the king in 1581. Diane d'Andouins, called « la belle Corisande » (c. 1554 – c. 1584) Esther Imbert (or Ysambert), mistress 1587–1588. She had two sons with Henry. Martine, rochelaise, en 1587. She had one child with Henry. Antoinette de Pons (1570–1632), marquess of Guercheville Catherine de Verdun Mme Quelin, mistress in 1598 Isabelle Potier, mistress 1598–1599 Mlle Clein, mistress in 1599 La Glandée, mistress in 1599 Marie-Françoise de La Bourdaisière, sister of Gabrielle d’Estrées, mistress in 1599 Jacqueline de Bueil (c. 1580–1651) Charlotte des Essarts (c. 1580–1651), mistress 1607–1609 Angélique Paulet, mistress in 1610

Louis XIV

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)

1661–1667: Louise de La Vallière (1644–1710), duchess of Vaujours 1667–1681: Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1640–1707), marquise of Montespan 1678–1681: Marie Angélique de Scoraille de Roussille (1661–1681), duchess of Fontanges 1683–1715: Françoise d'Aubigné (1635–1719), marquise of Maintenon. Not really a mistress but a secret morganatic wife

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

Catherine Bellier (1614–1689) baroness of Beauvais, between 1652–1654 Olympe Mancini (1638–1708) in 1654–1657 and 1660-1661

Anne-Madeleine de Conty d'Argencourt in 1658 Marie Mancini (1639–1715) in 1658–1659; not a mistress but a platonic love Name unknown: a gardener's daughter who gave birth to a daughter in 1660 Henrietta Anne of England (1644–1670) his sister-in-law, probably platonic, in 1660–1661

Bonne de Pons d'Heudicourt (1641–1709) in 1665 Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont (1639–1678) princess of Monaco in 1665 Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1633–1693), marquise of Thianges; sister of madame de Montespan Anne de Rohan-Chabot (1648–1709), princess of Soubise, on-and-off in 1669–1675 Claude de Vin des Œillets (c. 1637 – 1687) in 1670–1676 Diane-Gabrielle de Damas de Thianges (1656-1715) in 1670–1673; daughter of madame de Thianges and niece of madame de Montespan Lydie de Rochefort-Théobon (1638-1708) in 1673–1677 Isabelle de Ludres (1647–1722) in 1675–1678 Marie-Charlotte de Castelnau, comtesse de Louvigny et duchesse de Gramont (c. 1648 – 1694) in 1676–1677 Marie-Madeleine Agnès de Gontaut Biron, marquise de Nogaret (1653–1724) in 1680–1683 Louise-Elisabeth de Rouxel dite Mme de Grancey (1653–1711) in 1681 Jeanne de Rouvroy, marquise de Chevrières (1650–1689) in 1681 Françoise Thérèse de Voyer de Dorée, Mlle d’Oré, in 1681 Marie-Antoinette de Rouvroy, comtesse d’Oisy (1660–1721) in 1681 Marie-Rosalie de Piennes, future marquise de Châtillon (1665–1735) in 1681 Mme de Saint-Martin in 1682 Marie-Louise de Montmorency-Laval, duchesse de Roquelaure (1657–1735) in 1683 Julie de Guenami, dite Mlle de Châteaubriant (1668–1710) in 1683 (possibly only a rumour)

Louis XV

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)

1732–1742: Louise Julie, Comtesse de Mailly 1739–1741: Pauline-Félicité de Mailly 1742–1745: Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly 1742–1744: Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle 1745–1764: Madame de Pompadour 1769–1774: Madame du Barry

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse) After 1755, unofficial lovers of the king who did not belong to the nobility were often kept at the Parc-aux-Cerfs.Patrick Wald Lasowski, L'Amour au temps des libertins, Editions First-Gründ, 2011

1738: NN, a butcher's daughter in Versailles 1738: Thérèse-Eulalie de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire (1705–1739), marquise de Beuvron 1738: Marie-Anne de Vougny (1716–1783) Madame Amelot 1748: Anne-Marie de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1729–1760), princesse de Robecq. 1748: Marie-Anne-Françoise de Noailles, comtesse de La Marck (1719–1793). 1749: Elisabeth-Charlotte Huguet de Sémonville (1715–1784), comtesse d'Estrades. 1749: Marie-Françoise de Carbonnel de Canisy (1725–1796), marquise d’Antin puis comtesse de Forcalquier. 1750: Alexandrine Sublet d'Heudicourt, (1721–1800) marquise de Belsunce. 1750: Françoise de Chalus, duchesse de Narbonne-Lara, première femme de chambre de la duchesse de Parme (1734–1821). 1750–1750: Irène du Buisson de Longpré (d. 1767) 1750–1751: Marie Geneviève Radix de Sainte-Foy (1729–1809) 1752: Mlle Trusson, femme de chambre de la dauphine Marie-Josèphe de Saxe. 1752: Jeanne-Marguerite de Niquet (fl. 1732–1795) dite Mlle de Niquet. 1752: Mlle de Saint-André 1752–1755: Thérèse Guerbois 1752–1752: Charlotte Rosalie de Choiseul-Beaupré (1733–1753) 1752–1754: Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737–1815) 1755–1755: Françoise de Chalus (1734–1821), duchess of Narbonne-Lara 1755–1757: Brigitte O'Murphy (1729–1793) 1755: Mlle Fouquet, daughter of a hairdresser 1755: Mlle Robert 1755–1759: Mlle David 1755–1759: Mlle Armory, « Mimi», daughter of a ballet dancer 1756: Gabrielle-Charlotte Françoise d‘Hénin-Liétard (1729–1809), vicomtesse de Cambis, née princesse de Chimay 1756: Dorothée, daughter of a water carrier in Strasbourg. 1756: Mlle Selin 1757–1757: Marie Anne de Coislin (1732–1817) 1758: Marie-Louise de Marny (fl. 1737 – fl. 1793), Madame de Giambone 1759: Marie-Madeleine Couppier de Romans, Madame Varnier 1759–1762: Marguerite-Catherine Haynault (1736–1823), marquise of Montmelas 1760–1763: Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing (1743–1826) 1760–1765: Anne Couppier de Romans (1737–1808), baroness of Meilly-Coulonge 1762–1765: Louise-Jeanne Tiercelin de La Colleterie (1746–1779), called Madame de Bonneval 1763–1765: Anne Thoinard de Jouy (1739–1825) 1763: Marie-Françoise-Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord (1727–1775), comtesse de Périgord 1764: Béatrix de Choiseul-Stainville, duchesse de Gramont (1730–1794) 1764: Louise Jeanne Marie de Courtarvel de Pezé (1733–1789), marquise de Dreux-Brézé 1763–1765: Anne Thoynard de Jouy, comtesse d’Esparbès de Lussan (1739–1825) 1765: Marie-Adélaïde de Bullioud (1743–1793), comtesse de Séran 1768–1768: Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769) 1768–1768: Marie Thérèse Françoise Boisselet (1731–1800) 1768: Jeanne-Marguerite Salvetat (1748–1838), actress 1771: "demoiselle de Smith" 1771: Madame Bèche, wife of a musician of the royal chapel 1771: Françoise-Marie-Antoinette de Saucerotte (1756–1815), Mademoiselle Raucourt, actress 1772: Madame d’Amerval 1773: Rose-Marie-Hélène de Tournon (1757–1782), vicomtesse du Barry 1774–1774: Albertine-Elisabeth Pater (1742–1817) Date unknown: Marthe-Antoinette Aubry de Vatan (1720 – after 1777) Date unknown: Mme de Grandis, Mme de Martinville, Mlle de Ville, courtesan Date unknown: Mme de Beaunier, Mlle de Malignan, Mme de Salis

Napoleon I 1806–1808: Eléonore Denuelle 1809–1810: Marie Walewska

Louis XVIII

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)

Zoé Victoire Talon, comtesse du Cayla (1785-1852)

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

1780–1791: Anne Jacobée Nompar

Charles X Rosalie Duthé (1748-1830); equally mistress of Philippe Égalité Louise d'Esparbès de Lussan (1764-1804) Aglaé de Polignac (1768-1803)

Napoleon III 1856–1857: Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione 1857–1861: Marie-Anne Walewska 1863–1870: Marguerite Bellanger

See also Maîtresse-en-titre

Notes

References

Sources

External links Liste des maîtresses du Roi-Soleil (French)