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Maintenon

[ mantuh-nawn ]

noun

  1. Marquise de Françoise d'Aubigné, 1635–1719, second wife of Louis XIV.


Maintenon

/ ɛ̃ٲɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Maintenon, Marquise de16351719FFrenchMISC: wife of Louis XIV Marquise de, title of Françoise d'Aubigné. 1635–1719, the mistress and, from about 1685, second wife of Louis XIV
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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"And what did he say?" exclaimed Madame de Maintenon, with an eagerness that she could not master.

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"But now, when you will, Charles, I am ready to go on; we may soon reach Maintenon."

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The Secret Correspondence of Madame de Maintenon with the Princess des Ursins, from the original manuscripts in the possession of the Duke of Choiseul.

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Madame De Maintenon, his married mistress, hideously caricatured, follows.

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Ninon had "played politics" just once—and with far-reaching results to history; as De Maintenon's future influence over her husband was to prove.

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