Louise Françoise, Princess of Condé

The Princesse de Conti, legitimized daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de la Vallière, born in 1666, married in 1681 to Prince Armand de Conti, nephew of the great Condé, a young woman of exceptional grace and beauty.

The two other legitimated daughters of the king, Mademoiselle de Nantes, born in 1673, and Mademoiselle de Blois in 1677, who were to marry some years later, one the Duke of Bourbon and the other the Duke of Chartres, the future regent.

Madame de Montespan, their mother, then 41 years old, already at the end of her left-handed reign, but still living at court in the double capacity of Lady of the Queen's Palace and the mother of legitimated children, but no longer bearing any sway over either the heart or the senses of Louis XIV.

And finally, Madame de Maintenon, already very influential under her modest exterior, still beautiful in spite of her 47 years, on equally good terms with both king and queen, and rewarded since 1680 for the cares she had bestowed as governess on the children of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan by a place expressly created for her, which did not bind her to any assiduous service while it gave her an honorable position at court, that of second lady-in-waiting to the Dauphiness.

Leaving her friends, giving up society, risking the loss of her reputation by a singular mystery, Madame Scarron courageously sacrifices herself to her new role.

The family of adultery goes on increasing.

The birth of the Count de Vexin comes in sixteen seventy-two, of Mademoiselle de Nantes, the future Duchesse de Bourbon, in sixteen seventy-three, of Mademoiselle de Tours in sixteen seventy-four.

According to Madame de Caylus, Madame Scarron is sent for each time.

The Princess de Conti, legitimized daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de la Vallière, born in 1666, married in 1681 to Prince Armand de Conti, nephew of the great Condé, a young woman of exceptional grace and beauty.

The two other legitimated daughters of the king, Mademoiselle de Nantes, born in 1673, and Mademoiselle de Blois in 1677, who were to marry some years later, one the Duke of Bourbon and the other the Duke of Chartres, the future regent.

Madame de Montespan, their mother, then forty-one years old, already at the end of her left-handed reign, but still living at court in the double capacity of Lady of the Queen's Palace and the mother of legitimated children, but no longer bearing any sway over either the heart or the senses of Louis XIV, and finally Madame de Manteno, already very influential under her modest exterior, still beautiful in spite of her forty-seven years, on equally good terms with both king and queen, and rewarded since 1680 for the cares she had bestowed as governess on the children of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan by a place expressly created for her which did not bind her to any assiduous service while it gave her an honorable position at court, that of second lady-in-waiting to the Dauphiness.

The parts played by the women of Versailles cannot be understood without studying beforehand the character of the sovereign who was the animating spirit of this palace and who strongly impressed himself not merely on his own realm but on all Europe.

Two, the Duke du Maine, born in 1670, married in 1692 to Mademoiselle de Bourbon Charolais, died in 1736.

Three, the Count of Vexin, born in 1672, died in 1683.

Four, Mademoiselle de Nantes, born in 1673, married to the Duke de Bourbon in 1685, died in 1743.

Five, Mademoiselle de Tours, born in 1674, died in 1681.