Montespan
Americannoun
noun
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The manuscript in question had belonged to the Count of Toulouse, the son of Louis XIV and his mistress, Madame de Montespan, and the count’s music teacher was none other than Couperin.
From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2016
The son of Madame de Montespan, Louis' most beautiful mistress, he became prot�g� of Madame de Maintenon, Louis' most enduring love.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was the beginning of explorations in the Grotte de Montespan which eventually led to the discovery of subterranean galleries inhabited by the Magdalenian cave dwellers of 20,000 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Roaming the Pyrenees in 1922. he arrived at the village of Montespan. ruled for centuries by the Lords of Montespan one of whose ladies achieved fame as the mistress of Louis XIV.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several of those present remarked upon the verses; but Madame de Montespan had too much good sense to complain.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
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