Montespan

[ mon-tuh-span; French mawn-tes-pahn ]

noun

1. Marquise de Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart, 1641–1707, mistress of Louis XIV of France.

Montespan

/ mɔ̃tɛspɑ̃ /

noun

1. Montespan, Marquise de16411707FFrenchPOLITICS: noblewomanMISC: mistress Marquise de, title of Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart. 1641–1707, French noblewoman; mistress of Louis XIV of France

Example Sentences

Mabille particularly likes Mata Hari or The Marquise de Montespan as women of intrigue.

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Yet after the dismissal of Montespan she seemed to be such, until she had with transcendent art and tact attained her end.

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And this appeared even long before Madame de Montespan had lost her ascendency.

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The court which she adorned and ruled was not so brilliant as it had been under Madame de Montespan, but was still magnificent.

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Maintenon always appealed to the higher nature of the King; Montespan to the lower.

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If the palace was not so gay as during the reign of Madame de Montespan, it was more decorous and more intellectual.

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