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Definition of Maintenon
1. Noun. French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719).
Generic synonyms: Consort, Marchioness, Marquise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maintenon
Literary usage of Maintenon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1901)
"The Dead soon Forgotten — Feelings of Madame de Maintenon — And of the Duc de
Chartres — Of the Courtiers — Madame's Mode of Life—Character of Monsieur ..."
2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"After the death of Maria Teresa in 1683, Madame de Maintenon was secretly married
... But under Madame de Maintenon the whole tone of the Court had changed. ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"After the death of Maria Teresa in 1683, Madame de Maintenon was secretly married
... But under Madame de Maintenon the whole tone of the Court had changed. ..."
4. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1855)
"The Snow-Storm —The Primate of Paris—The Bridal Procession—Marriage of Louis XIV.
and Madame de Maintenon—Departure of Madame de Montespan for Petit-Bourg; ..."
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