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Maintenon

American  
[mantuh-nawn] / mɛ̃təˈnɔ̃ /

noun

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


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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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.

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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.

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That its desperate romantic crumbs�Napoleon's Empress Josephine was born there, and Louis XIV's Madame de Maintenon lived there�are not enough to make up for its boredom.

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The son of Madame de Montespan, Louis' most beautiful mistress, he became prot�g� of Madame de Maintenon, Louis' most enduring love.

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After Madame de Brinon's departure, Madame de Maintenon devoted herself more and more to her important enterprise.

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