Maintenon

[ mantuh-nawn ]

noun

1. Marquise de Françoise d'Aubigné, 1635–1719, second wife of Louis XIV.

Maintenon

/ mɛ̃tnɔ̃ /

noun

1. Maintenon, Marquise de16351719FFrenchMISC: wife of Louis XIV Marquise de, title of Françoise d'Aubigné. 1635–1719, the mistress and, from about 1685, second wife of Louis XIV

Example Sentences

She then related to her lover almost all that had taken place between the King, herself, and Madame de Maintenon.

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"But now, when you will, Charles, I am ready to go on; we may soon reach Maintenon."

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The Secret Correspondence of Madame de Maintenon with the Princess des Ursins, from the original manuscripts in the possession of the Duke of Choiseul.

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Madame De Maintenon, his married mistress, hideously caricatured, follows.

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Ninon had "played politics" just once—and with far-reaching results to history; as De Maintenon's future influence over her husband was to prove.

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