Madame de Pompadour

Madame de Pompadour

female, deceased (1764)
Madame de Pompadour (December 29, 1721 - April 15, 1764) was a well known courtesan and the famous mistress of King Louis XV of France.
Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan

Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan

female, deceased (1707)
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart-Mortemart, marquise de Montespan was a mistress of Louis XIV of France.
Gabrielle D'Estrées

Gabrielle D'Estrées

female, deceased (1599)
Gabrielle d'Estrées, duchesse de Beaufort et Verneuil, marquise de Monceaux was a French mistress of King Henry IV of France, born at Château de la...
Diane de Poitiers

Diane de Poitiers

female, deceased (1566)
Diane de Poitiers (September 3, 1499 - April 25, 1566) was a noblewoman and a fixture at the courts of Francis I and Henri II of France. She became...

Françoise D'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon

female, deceased (1719)
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon was the morganatic second wife of Louis XIV of France.
Marie-Louise O'Murphy

Marie-Louise O'Murphy

female, deceased (1814)
Marie-Louise O'Murphy was a courtesan, one of the several mistresses of King Louis XV of France. She was the fifth daughter of an Irish soldier who...
Grace Elliott

Grace Elliott

female, deceased (1823)
Grace Dalrymple Elliott was a Scottish courtesan who was resident in France at the time of the French Revolution and an eyewitness to events. She...

Angélique de Fontanges

female, deceased (1681)
Marie Angélique de Scorailles de Roussille, duchesse de Fontanges, one of the many paramours of King Louis XIV of France, was a lady in waiting to E...
Mary Boleyn

Mary Boleyn

female, deceased (1543)
Mary Boleyn (c. 1499 - July 19, 1543) was a member of the famous aristocratic Boleyn family, which enjoyed considerable influence during the early...
Marie Touchet

Marie Touchet

female, deceased (1638)
Marie Touchet (born 1549 at Orleans and died March 28 1638 in Paris), Dame de Belleville, was the only mistress Charles IX of France ever had.