Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (27 November 1635 – 15 April 1719) was the morganatic second wife of King Louis XIV of France. She was known after her first marriage as Madame Scarron, and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon. Her marriage to the king was never officially announced or admitted.

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Françoise d'Aubigné was born on 27 November 1635. However, her place of birth is under speculation. A plaque suggests her birthplace was at the Hotel du Chaumont in Niort. Her enemies and critics claim she was born in a prison at Niort. Her father, the Huguenot Constant d'Aubigné, was incarcerated there for conspiring against Cardinal Richelieu. Her mother Jeanne de Cardhillac was the daughter of Constant's jailer. Her grandfather was Agrippa d'Aubigné, a well-known Protestant General, close friend of Henry IV, and epic poet. Jeanne dutifully had her child baptised in her own Catholic religion; the young girl's godparents were the Comtesse de Neuillant and the Duc de la Rochefoucauld, father of François de la Rochefoucauld, author of the famous Maxims.

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