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Definition of Montespan
1. Noun. French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707).
Generic synonyms: Marchioness, Marquise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Montespan
Literary usage of Montespan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1855)
"—The Tabouret—The Duke du Maine—Retribution—Final Departure of Madame de montespan
from Versailles. NOR was the court itself destined to remain without its ..."
2. Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1901)
"Amours of the King—La Valliere— montespan — Scandalous Publicity—Temper of Madame de
... Madame de montespan was she whose rare beauty touched him next, ..."
3. The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency by Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon (1900)
"... fixed himself at last upon La Valliere. The progress and the result of his
love are well known. Madame de montespan was she whose rare ..."
4. Famous Women as Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1904)
"She was married in 1663 to Henri-Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin, Marquis de
montespan, of an illustrious family of Gascony, and through the influence of ..."
5. Old Court Life in France by Frances Minto Dickinson Elliot (1893)
"FALL OF DE montespan. ABOUT this time Madame de Maintenon an- nounced to the King
that she had received a mission from Heaven to convert him from the error ..."
6. Beacon Lights of History by John Lord (1886)
"Maintenon was always amiable and sympathetic; montespan provoked the ...
Maintenon always appealed to the higher nature of the King; montespan to the lower. ..."
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