livesofwomenthroughtheages: Françoise Marie de Bourbon. Born in 1677, as illegitimate daughte
livesofwomenthroughtheages:Françoise Marie de Bourbon.Born in 1677, as illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Marquise de Montespan. Françoise Marie grew up at the Châuteau de Maintenon as Mademoiselle de Blois, Princess of France. She married her cousin, Philippe II of Orléans, in 1692. Their marriage didn’t become a happy one. Françoise Marie died in Paris, 1749. -- source link
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