List of French royal mistresses
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This page contains a listing of notable French royal mistresses.
Clovis I
- Evochilde
Chlothar I
- Waldrada, Princess of the Lombards
- Valtrude of the Lombards
- Arnegundis
Charibert I
- Merofleda
- Clothilde
- Marcovefa
- Theogilda
Chilperic I
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 (c. 1070 – c. 1116): marriage not recognised by the Church
Louis VI
- Marie de Breuillet
Louis X
- Unknown, but had children
Philip VI
- Béatrice de la Berruère (1294 – 1348)
Charles V
- Biette de Cassine (c. 1340 – c. 1380)[1]
- Unknown, mother of Oudard d'Attainville (1360 – ?).[2]
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, dame de La Bourdaisière, she was the ancestor of Gabrielle d'Estrées[3]
- Mary Boleyn (1499–1543) (disputed), eldest sister of Anne Boleyn and of George Boleyn, later mistress of Henry VIII of England
- La Belle Ferronnière
- Claude de Rohan-Gyé, countess of Tonnerre and of Thoury
- La Châtelaine de Montfrault
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 (ca 1520 –?)
- Nicole de Savigny (1535–1590), baroness of Fontette
Charles IX
- Marie Touchet (c. 1553 – 1638)
Henry III
- Louise de La Béraudière du Rouhet[4]
- Renée de Rieux de Châteauneuf[4]
- Veronica Franco (1546–1591)
- Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé[4]
- Jeanne de Laval, dame de Senneterre (1549–1586)[4]
- Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière, mother of Gabrielle d'Estrées
Henry IV
This list includes historically recognised and popularly attributed mistresses:[5]
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,[6] vers 1571-1572, fille d’un jardinier de Nérac
- Charlotte de Sauve (c. 1551–1617), mistress in 1572.[7]
- 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)[8]
- 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.[9]
- Anne de Cambefort, mistress in 1579. She committed suicide by jumping out of a window after Henry left her[9]
- 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[10]
- 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
- Marie-Charlotte de Balzac d’Entragues, mistress 1605–1609
- Angélique Paulet, mistress in 1610
Louis XIV
Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)
- Louise de La Vallière (1644–1710), duchess of Vaujours
- Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1640–1707), marquise of Montespan
- Marie Angélique de Scoraille de Roussille (1661–1681), duchess of Fontanges
- Françoise d'Aubigné (1635–1719), marquise of Maintenon
Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)
- Catherine Bellier (1614–1689), baroness of Beauvais
- Olympe Mancini (1638–1708)
- Anne-Lucie de la Mothe-Houdancourt
- Mademoiselle de Marivault
- Marie Mancini (1639–1715)
- A gardener's daughter who gave birth to a daughter
- Henrietta Anne of England (1644–1670), his sister-in-law
- Bonne de Pons d'Heudicourt (1641–1709)
- Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont (1639–1678), princess of Monaco
- Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1633–1693), marquise of Thianges; sister of the above;
- Anne de Rohan-Chabot (1648–1709), princess of Soubise
- Claude de Vin des Œillets (c. 1637 – 1687)
- Isabelle de Ludres (1647–1722)
Louis XV
Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)
- 1732-1742: Louise Julie de Mailly (1710–1751), countess of Mailly
- 1739-1741: Pauline-Félicité de Mailly (1712–1741), marquise of Vintimille
- 1742-1745: Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly (1713–1760), duchess of Lauraguais
- 1742-1744: Marie-Anne de Mailly (1717–1744), marquise of La Tournelle, duchess of Châteauroux
- 1745-1764: Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (1721–1764), marquise of Pompadour
- 1769-1774: Jeanne Bécu (1743–1793), countess du Barry
Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)
- 1750-1750: Irène du Buisson de Longpré (? – 1767)
- 1750-1751: Marie Geneviève Radix de Sainte-Foy (1729-1809)
- 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)
- 1757-1757: Marie Anne de Coislin (1732–1817)
- 1759-1762: Marguerite-Catherine Haynault (1736–1823), marquise of Montmélas
- 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
- 1768-1768: Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769)
- 1768-1768: Marie Thérèse Françoise Boisselet (1731–1800)
- 1774-1774: Albertine-Elisabeth Pater (1742–1817)
Napoleon I
- Marie Walewska (1786–1817), Polish countess
- Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne (1787-1868)
Louis XVIII
- Anne Nompar de Caumont, countess of Balbi, baronness of Montfaucon (when Louis XVIII was still count of Provence)
- Zoé Talon, comtesse du Cayla (1785–1852)
Charles X
- Rosalie Duthé, equally mistress of Philippe Égalité
- Louise d'Esparbès de Lussan, countess of Polastron
- Aglaé de Polignac, duchess of Guiche, daughter of the duchess of Polignac
Louis Philippe I
- Rosalie Duthé (1748–1830)
Napoleon III
- 1856-1857: Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
- 1857-1861: Marie-Anne Walewska
- 1863-1870: Marguerite Bellanger
See also
References
- ^ Nicolle 2004, p. 18.
- ^ Chronique normande de Pierre Cochon, bailli de Rouen.
- ^ Wellman 2013, p. 327.
- ^ a b c d Knecht 2016, p. 137.
- ^ secrets, Histoire et. "Histoire et Secrets - découvrir l'histoire de France et du monde - Liste des maîtresses d'Henri IV le Vert-Galant". Archived from the original on 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
- ^ Yves Cazaux, Henri IV: Les horizons du règne, Paris : A. Michel, 1986. ISBN 9782226026101, p. 189.
- ^ Anne Danclos, La vie tragique de la reine Margot, Fernand Lanore, 1996. ISBN 9782851570475, p. 102.
- ^ Histoire de Mésanger de Gilbert Chéron - Tome II, pages 223-224
- ^ a b Source : André Castelot, Henri IV le passionné
- ^ "L'Artiste". Aux bureaux de L'Artiste. 1 January 1814 – via Google Books.
Sources
- Knecht, Robert J. (2016). Hero or Tyrant? Henry III, King of France, 1574-89. Routledge.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Nicolle, David (2004). Poitiers 1356:The Capture of a King. Osprey.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Wellman, Kathleen (2013). Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France. Yale University Press.
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