de Montespan, Madame b. October 5, 1641 d. May 27, 1707 Mistress of French King Louis XIV. Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart, daughter of Gabriel de Rochechouart and his wife Diane de Grandseigne, was born into two of the oldest noble families of France. She later adopted the name Athénaïs, such that she was Françoise-Athénaïs. She received her formal education at the Convent of Saint Mary at Saintes. On January 28, 1663, Françoise married Louis Henri de Pardaillan de...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick) Convent of La Flèche, La Fleche, Departement de la Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
Margaret of Anjou b. March 23, 1429 d. August 25, 1482 British Monarch. The Queen consort of King Henry VI, she was the daughter of Rene I, duke of Anjou and King of Naples and Sicily, and Isabella of Lorraine. She married Henry in 1445, and soon asserted her influence at court. She played a key role in the Wars of the Roses, leading Lancastrian forces in defense of her husband and only child Edward, Prince of Wales, and often devising grand strategies. She was learned and fierce, and devoted to hunting and reading. Upon the capture and death of...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed) Cathedrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers, Angers, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
b. October 5, 1641 d. May 27, 1707