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Marie Angelique de Fontanges, one of the many paramours of King Louis XIV, was a lady in waiting to the Queen who caught the attention of the King and beame his lover in 1679. Mlle de Fontanges was reportedly very pretty, although not very clever. The King made her both a duchess and pregnant. |
Marie Angelique de Fontanges, one of the many paramours of ], was a lady in waiting to the Queen who caught the attention of the King and beame his lover in 1679. Mlle de Fontanges was reportedly very pretty, although not very clever. The King made her both a duchess and pregnant. She gae birth to a still-born child while she herself was seriousy ill. Afterwards she left the court for a convent, although by then the atmosphere at court was such that many people believed ] had had her poisoned. She died in June 1681. |
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Marie Angelique de Fontanges, one of the many paramours of King Louis XIV, was a lady in waiting to the Queen who caught the attention of the King and beame his lover in 1679. Mlle de Fontanges was reportedly very pretty, although not very clever. The King made her both a duchess and pregnant. She gae birth to a still-born child while she herself was seriousy ill. Afterwards she left the court for a convent, although by then the atmosphere at court was such that many people believed Mme de Montespan had had her poisoned. She died in June 1681.