List of French royal mistresses
This page contains a listing of notable French royal mistresses.
- Evochilde
- Waldrada, Princess of the Lombards
- Valtrude of the Lombards
- Arnegundis
- Merofleda
- Clothilde
- Marcovefa
- Theogilda
- Regintrude of Austrasia
- Berthilde
- Gersuinda of the Saxons
- Amaltrud of Vienne
- Ethelind
- Sigrade
- Madelgard
- Regina
- Landrade des Herbages
- Adelindus
- Theodelinde of Sens
- Luitgrade of Saxony
- Adelheid of Paris
- Edgiva of Kent
- Frederuna von Ringleheim
- Bertrade de Montfort (c. 1070 – c. 1116): marriage not recognised by the Church
- Marie de Breuillet
- Unknown, but had progeny
- Béatrice de la Berruère (1294 – 1348)
- Biette de Cassine (c. 1340 – c. 1380)
- Unknown, mother of Oudard d'Attainville (1360-?).[1]
- Odette de Champdivers (c. 1384 – 1424)
- Agnès Sorel (c. 1422 – 1450)
- Antoinette de Maignelais (c. 1430 – c. 1461)
- Félize ou Phélise Régnard (c. 1425 – 1475)
- Marguerite de Sassenage (c. 1424 – 1471)
- Marie Gaudin, dame de La Bourdaisière, she is the ancestor of Gabrielle d'Estrées[2]
- Françoise de Foix (1495–1537), countess of Châteaubriant
- Mary Boleyn (1504–1543) (disputed), eldest sister of Anne Boleyn and of George Boleyn, later mistress of Henry VIII of England
- Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508–1580), duchess of Étampes
- La Belle Ferronnière
- Claude de Rohan-Gyé, countess of Tonnerre and of Thoury
- La Châtelaine de Montfrault
- Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566)
- Jane Fleming (or Jane Stewart) (c. 1508 – c. 1553)
- Filippa Duci (ca 1520 - ?)
- Nicole de Savigny (1535–1590), baroness of Fontette
- Marie Touchet (c. 1553 – 1638)
- Louise de La Béraudière du Rouhet[3]
- Renée de Rieux de Châteauneuf
- Veronica Franco (1546–1591)
- Marie de Clèves, princess of Condé
- Jeanne de Laval, dame de Senneterre (1549-1586)
- Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière, mother of Gabrielle d'Estrées
Henry IV
This list includes historically recognised and popularly attributed mistresses:[4]
- Fleurette de Nérac,[5] vers 1571-1572, fille d’un jardinier de Nérac
- Charlotte de Sauve (c. 1551 – 1617), mistress in 1572.[6]
- Bretine de Duras, mistress 1573 – 1574
- Louise de La Béraudière du Rouhet, called « La belle Rouet », mistress in 1575, girl of honour of Queen Margaret
- Louise Borré, mistress 1575 – 1576, daughter of a royal notary. She gave him a son, Hervé (1576 – 1643)[7]
- Jeanne de Tignonville, mistress 1577 – 1578
- Victoire de Ayala, mistress in 1578,girl of honour of Catherine de' Medici
- Mlle Rebours, mistress in 1579, girl 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.[8]
- Anne de Cambefort, mistress in 1579. She committed suicide by jumping out of a window after Henry left her[8]
- Françoise de Montmorency (1566-6 December 1641), mistress 1579 – 1581, girl of honour of Queen Margaret. She had one stillborn daughter with the king in 1581.
- Diane d'Andoins, called « la belle Corisande » (c. 1554 – c 1584)
- Esther Imbert (or Ysambert), mistress 1587 – 1488. 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[9]
- Gabrielle d'Estrées (c. 1571 – 1599), mistress 1591 – 1599
- Mme Quelin, mistress in 1598
- Isabelle Potier, mistress 1598 – 1599
- Mlle Clein, mistress in 1599
- « La Glandée », mistress in 1599
- Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579–1633), marquise of Verneuil, mistress 1599 – 1609
- 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
- Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency (1594–1650), princess of Condé, possible mistress 1609 – 1610
- Angélique Paulet, mistress in 1510
Louis XIII
Purely platonic lovers:
- Marie de Hautefort (1616-1691)
- Louise de La Fayette (1616-1665)
- Catherine Bellier (1614–1689), baroness of Beauvais
- Olympe Mancini (1638–1708)
- Lucie de la Motte-Argencourt
- Mademoiselle de Marivault
- Marie Mancini (1639–1715)
- A gardener's daughter who gave birth to a daughter
- Hortense Mancini (1646–1699)
- Henrietta Anne of England (1644–1670), his sister-in-law
- Louise de La Vallière (1644–1710), duchess of Vaujours
- Anne-Lucie de la Mothe-Houdancourt (1641–1709)
- Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont (1639–1678), princess of Monaco
- Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1640–1707), marquise of Montespan
- Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1633–1693), marquise of Thianges; sister of the above;
- Anne de Rohan-Chabot (1648–1709), princess of Soubise
- Françoise d'Aubigné (1635–1719), marquise of Maintenon
- Claude de Vin des Œillets (c. 1637 – 1687)
- Isabelle de Ludres (1647–1722)
- Marie Angélique de Scoraille de Roussille (1661–1681), duchess of Fontanges
- Charlotte-Éléonore Madeleine de la Motte Houdancourt, Duchesse de Ventadour (1654–1744)
- Louise Julie de Mailly (1710–1751), countess of Mailly
- Pauline-Félicité de Mailly (1712–1741), marquise of Vintimille
- Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly (1713–1760), duchess of Lauraguais
- Marie-Anne de Mailly (1717–1744), marquise of La Tournelle, duchess of Châteauroux
- Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (1721–1764), marquise of Pompadour
- Jeanne Bécu (1743–1793), countess du Barry
- Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737–1815)
- Françoise de Châlus (1734–1821), duchess of Narbonne-Lara
- Marguerite-Catherine Haynault (1736–1823), marquise of Montmélas
- Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing (1743–1826)
- Anne Couppier de Romans (1737–1808), baroness of Meilly-Coulonge
- Louise-Jeanne Tiercelin de La Colleterie (1746–1779), called Madame de Bonneval
- Irène du Buisson de Longpré (? - 1767)
- Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769)
- Marie Thérèse Françoise Boisselet (1731–1800)
- Marie Anne de Mailly-Rubempré, marquess of Coislin (1732-1817)
- Marie Walewska (1786–1816), Polish countess
- Anne Nompar de Caumont la Force, countess of Balbi, baronness of Montfaucon (when Louis XVIII was still count of Provence)
- Zoé Talon (1785–1852), countess of Cayla
- 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
- Rosalie Duthé (1748–1830)
See also
References
- ^ Chronique normande de Pierre Cochon, bailli de Rouen.
- ^ Kathleen Wellman, Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France, (Yale University Press, 2013), 327.
- ^ Pierre Chevallier, Henri III : roi shakespearien, Paris, Fayard, 1985, p. 442.
- ^ secrets, Histoire et. "Histoire et Secrets - découvrir l'histoire de France et du monde - Liste des maîtresses d'Henri IV le Vert-Galant".
- ^ 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.