This is a guest article by Kate Braithwaite. Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, the famously beautiful and witty maîtresse-en-titre of the Sun King Louis XIV, was born in Lussac in 1640. She was the third child of the Duc and Duchesse de Mortemart, one of France’s most noble families. Athénaïs (as she chose to be [read more]
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson was born in December 1721 in Paris. Her mother was Louise-Madeleine de La Motte, and her father was François Poisson, who was involved in the booming financial sector. When Jeanne’s father was exiled after a banking scandal, his colleague Charles François Paul Le Normant de Tournehem stepped in as her guardian. Due to [read more]
Ekaterina, or Katya as she was known, was born in Moscow, Russia in 1847. Her parents were ex-cavalry captain Mikhail Dolgorukov and his wife, Vera Vishnevskaia. Katya was of high birth, her ancestor had founded Moscow in 1147, and her direct Dolgorukov family line was an ancient noble line which could be traced back the [read more]
Daisy was born as Frances Evelyn Maynard in 1861. Her mother was Blanche FitzRoy who was a descendant of Charles II through two of his mistresses Nell Gwyn, and Barbara Villiers and her father was The Honourable Charles Maynard. Charles was due to inherit his father’s titles and fortune, but both Charles and his father [read more]
It is estimated that Agnès was born in 1422 in Touraine, France. Her family was part of the provincial nobility. From a young age, Agnès worked in the service of Isabelle of Lorraine and her husband René of Anjou, who was the brother-in- law of King Charles VII of France. From 1444, Agnès became Lady [read more]
Louise was born in Tours, France in 1644 as the daughter of a royal officer. She was raised in station when her mother later married the Marquis de Saint-Rémy which took the family to the court of Gaston, Duke d’Orléans. Louise was raised alongside the three Orléans princesses and so received a fine education and [read more]
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