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Marie Angélique de Scorailles de Roussille, duchesse de Fontanges (1661–1681) was one of the many paramours of Louis XIV, King of France. A lady-in-waiting to his sister-in-law the Princess Palatine, she caught the attention of the Sun King and became his lover in 1679.
Mistress to a king, untimely death
Marie-Angelique de Fontanges born in Auvergne in July 1661. Having noticed her great beauty, a cousin is responsible for bringing to the court of Louis XIV in 1678 as maid of honor of the Duchess of Orleans, sister of the king. Louis XIV is then torn between the Marquise de Montespan and Madame de Maintenon. Athenais Montespan sees Marie-Angelique way to reclaim her royal lover seduced by the beauty of the damsel, the King will abandon the Marquise de Maintenon. Knowing that despite his physical charm, Angelique is "stupid as a basket", Athens is sure that Louis will return to her. The thing is done quickly. A few weeks after the presentation of the young, the king made it his new favorite and keeps the entertainment in his honor. He shows his great affection for it by wearing ribbons often matched those of Angelica. Soon, it appears that she is pregnant, causing the wrath of Athena, who did not think the king so enamored of his young conquest. She will then say to the Marquise de Maintenon "the king has three pillars: me name, this girl does and you heart." Marie-Angelique soon created the famous fashion to Fontanges: during a ride in the forest of Fontainebleau, his hair clinging to a branch and she appears before the king disheveled, his mat defeat, Louis found that charming. The next day, all the courtesans were adopting this hairstyle but the Marquise de Montespan, who found it "bad taste". In December 1679, Angelique gave birth prematurely to a son died at birth and did not returned. It was said then "wounded in the service." In 1680, the favor of Marie-Angelique declines when the king's title Duchess of Fontanges. Still sick (suffering from numerous blood loss) since the birth, she retires to the Abbey of Chelles reappear before the court. When the Duchess is this Abbey of Chelles, her doctor prescribed mineral water which is made the same evening at six vials. Marie-Angelique eatetk fortunately not for tomorrow, we see that the bottles are filled with poison. We do not know who was the author of this attempted poisoning. But in 1681, she suffered high fever and had to go to the abbey of Port Royal. According to some sources, Angelique Fontanges have given birth prematurely to a stillborn girl in March. Spitting his lungs for several days, the Duchess died in the night of 27 to 28 June 1681, she was not twenty years. Was accused of Montespan Athenais quickly to have him poisoned as a child. The king will then order an autopsy to decide for a natural death.