Maintenon

American  

[mant^uh-nawn] / mɛ̃təˈnɔ̃ /

noun

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

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Maintenon British  

/ mɛ̃tnɔ̃ /

noun

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

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Maintenon

And in Louis XIV's day, the gardens did not stop at the doors; his mistress, Madame de Maintenon, liked to change color and perfume by rearranging the Trianon's million flower pots daily.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1716 the Italian comedians whom Louis XIV's prudish mistress, Maintenon, had banished 19 years before, were called back to France, and Watteau caught the vogue for them by painting Le Mezzetin.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was clean and decent, but it missed the pungent grandeur of the commode from which Louis XIV announced his forthcoming marriage to Mme. de Maintenon.

From Time Magazine Archive

I can make my meaning more easily understood by repeating a remark made by the Duchess of Burgundy to Madame de Maintenon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Madame de Maintenon, though she supped in her own room, dined always at the king's table, sitting opposite him.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur

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