Maintenon

[mant^uh-nawn]

noun

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

Maintenon

/ mɛ̃tnɔ̃ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

"And what did he say?" exclaimed Madame de Maintenon, with an eagerness that she could not master.

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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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