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Revision as of 17:36, 11 February 2006 by 209.42.32.58 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Marie Angelique de Scorailles de Roussille, duchesse de Fontanges (Born 1661, Died 1681), 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.