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Dame D'atour
''Dame d'atour'' was an office at the royal court of France. It existed in nearly all French courts from the 16th-century onward. The ''dame d'honneur'' was selected from the members of the highest French nobility. History At least from the Isabeau of Bavaria's tenure as queen, there had been a post named ''demoiselle d'atour'' or ''femme d'atour'', but this had originally been the title of the queen's chambermaids and divided among several people. The office of ''dame d'atour'', created in 1534, was one of the highest-ranking offices among the ladies-in-waiting of the queen and given only to members of the nobility.Nadine Akkerman & Birgit Houben, eds. ''The Politics of Female Households: Ladies-in-waiting across Early Modern Europe'' Leiden: Brill, 2013 The ''dame d'atour'' had the responsibility of the queen's wardrobe and jewelry and supervised the dressing of the queen and the chamber staff of ''femme du chambre''. When the ''dame d'honneur'' was absent, she was replaced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Antoinette D'Albert De Luynes
Antoinette d'Albert de Luynes (died 1644) was a French court official. She served as the ''dame d'atour'' to the queen of France, Anne of Austria, between 1615 and 1626. Life She was the daughter of Honoré d'Albert, seigneur de Luynes, and Anne de Rodulph, sister of Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, and married in 1605 to Barthélémy, seigneur de Vernet, and in 1628 to Henri-Robert de La Marck (1575-1652), duc de Bouillon. In 1625, she was one of the witnesses interrogated during the Buckingham Affair, when queen Anne and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham were suspected of adultery during the journey through the French coast for the departure of Henrietta Maria of France Henrietta Maria (french: link=no, Henriette Marie; 25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from her marriage to King Charles I on 13 June 1625 until Charles was executed on 30 January 1649. She wa ... to England.Kleinman, Ruth: Anne of Austria. Queen of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amable-Gabrielle De Villars
Amable-Gabrielle de Villars (1706-1771), was a French court official. She served as the ''dame d'atour'' to queen Marie Leszczyńska from 1742 to 1768, and to queen Marie Antoinette from 1770 to 1771. Life She was the daughter of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, duc de Noailles and Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, duchesse de Noailles and married, in 1721, to Don Honoré Armand de Villars, duc de Villars. She had no children with her husband, who was homosexual, but did have one daughter with Jean Philippe d'Orléans, himself the son of Philippe II, duc d'Orléans and Marie Louise Madeleine Victoire Bel de La Boissière d'Argenton. Named Amable Angélique de Villars (1723-1771), she was accepted by her husband and raised as his daughter. She was appointed ''dame du palais'' to the queen in 1727. In 1742, the queen managed to convince the chief minister to Louis XV, André-Hercule de Fleury, to have de Villars promoted to ''dame d'atour'', after Françoise de Mazarin Françoise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne (; ; née Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. She became dauphine of France in May 1770 at age 14 upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne. On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI and she became queen. Marie Antoinette's position at court improved when, after eight years of marriage, she started having children. She became increasingly unpopular among the people, however, with the French ''libelles'' accusing her of being profligate, promiscuous, allegedly having illegitimate children, and harboring sympathies for France's perceived enemies—particularly her native Austria. The false accusations of the Affair of the Diamond Necklace damaged her reputation further ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amable-Gabrielle De Villars
Amable-Gabrielle de Villars (1706-1771), was a French court official. She served as the ''dame d'atour'' to queen Marie Leszczyńska from 1742 to 1768, and to queen Marie Antoinette from 1770 to 1771. Life She was the daughter of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, duc de Noailles and Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, duchesse de Noailles and married, in 1721, to Don Honoré Armand de Villars, duc de Villars. She had no children with her husband, who was homosexual, but did have one daughter with Jean Philippe d'Orléans, himself the son of Philippe II, duc d'Orléans and Marie Louise Madeleine Victoire Bel de La Boissière d'Argenton. Named Amable Angélique de Villars (1723-1771), she was accepted by her husband and raised as his daughter. She was appointed ''dame du palais'' to the queen in 1727. In 1742, the queen managed to convince the chief minister to Louis XV, André-Hercule de Fleury, to have de Villars promoted to ''dame d'atour'', after Françoise de Mazarin Françoise d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise De Mazarin
Françoise de Mazarin (1688–1742), was a French court official.Clarissa Campbell Orr, Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort' She served as the ''dame d'atour'' to queen Marie Leszczyńska in 1731–1742. She was born Françoise de Mailly, the daughter of Louis de Mailly (1663–1699) and Anne-Marie-Francoise de Sainte-Hermine. She married Louis Phélypeaux, marquis de la Vrillière, on 1 September 1700, but he died only five years later in 1725, and she was left widowed. On 14 June 1731, she married Paul-Jules de la Porte de Meilleraye, duc de Meilleraye, but he too died after only three months of marriage. She was appointed ''dame d'atour'' to queen Marie Leszczyńska on 25 August 1731, succeeding her mother. She became the queen's personal friend and favorite among the ladies-in-waiting alongside Marie Brûlart, duchesse de Luynes. She introduced her son, Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Saint-Florentin, at court, where he became state secretary. She dislike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne-Marie-Francoise De Sainte-Hermine
Anne-Marie-Francoise de Sainte-Hermine (1670 – 1734), was a French court official.Clarissa Campbell Orr, Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort' She served as the ''dame d'atour'' to Françoise Marie de Bourbon from 1692 to 1696, to Marie Adélaïde de Savoy from 1697 to 1712, and to queen Marie Leszczyńska from 1725 to 1731. She was a central figure in the French royal court and mentioned in contemporary memoirs. She was the daughter of Hélie de Sainte-Hermine, seigneur de La Laigne et du Roseau, and Anne-Madeleine de Valois de Villette, and was married, in 1687, to Louis de Mailly (1663-1699). She was the mother of Françoise de Mazarin and the grandmother of the famous Nesle sisters, royal mistresses to Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Leszczyńska
Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska (; ; 23 June 1703 – 24 June 1768), also known as Marie Leczinska, was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768. The daughter of Stanisław Leszczyński, the deposed King of Poland, and Catherine Opalińska, her 42-years and 9 months service was the longest of any queen in French history. A devout Roman Catholic throughout her life, Marie was popular among the French people for her numerous charitable works and introduced many Polish customs to the royal court at Versailles. She was the grandmother of the French kings Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X. Early life Born as a member of the House of Leszczyński, Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska ( Wieniawa) was the second daughter of Stanislaus I Leszczyński and his wife, Countess Catherine Opalińska. She had an elder sister, Anna Leszczyńska, who died of pneumonia in 1717. Maria's early life was troubled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Marie De Bethune
Anne Marie de Beauvilliers (1610–1688), was a French court official. She served as the ''dame d'atour'' to the queen of France, Queen Marie Thérèsethe consort of King Louis XIV from 1660 to 1683. She was a figure in the French royal court and mentioned several times in contemporary memoirs. She was the daughter of François de Beauvilliers, 1st duc de Saint-Aignan, sister of Paul de Beauvilliers, 2nd duc de Saint-Aignan Paul de Beauvilliers, count and later (1679) 2nd duc de Saint-Aignan (1648–1714), often referred to as the ''duc de Beauvilliers'', was a French government official under King Louis XIV. Biography Born in Saint-Aignan (then in the Berry provi ..., and married in 1629 to Hippolyte de Béthune (1603-1665). Count of Selles, Marquis of Chabris but known as the Count of Béthune. References and notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Bethune, Anne Marie de 1610 births 1688 deaths French ladies-in-waiting Household of Maria Theresa of Spain French nobility Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Theresa Of Spain
Maria Theresa of Spain ( es, María Teresa de Austria; french: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV. She was born an Infanta of Spain and Portugal as the daughter of King Philip IV and Elisabeth of France, and was also an Archduchess of Austria as a member of the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg. Her marriage in 1660 to King Louis XIV, her double first cousin, was arranged with the purpose of ending the lengthy war between France and Spain. Famed for her virtue and piety, she saw five of her six children die in early childhood, and is frequently viewed as an object of pity in historical accounts of her husband's reign, since she was often neglected by the court and overshadowed by the King's many mistresses. Without any political influence in the French court or government (except briefly in 1672, when she was named regent during her husband's absence during the Franco-Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Boyer
Anne ''Louise'', Duchess of Noailles (1632–22 May 1697), was a French courtier. She served as ''dame d'atour'' to the queen dowager of France, Anne of Austria, from 1657 until 1666. The daughter of Antoine Boyer, Lord of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Louise married Anne de Noailles, who became the first Duke of Noailles in 1646. He predeceased her, dying on 15 February 1678. She did not remarry and died on 22 May 1697. She had two notable children: * Anne Jules de Noailles, 2nd Duke of Noailles (1650–1708) and Marshal of France, married Marie-Françoise de Bournonville. *Louis Antoine de Noailles Louis-Antoine de Noailles (27 May 16514 May 1729), second son of Anne, 1st duc de Noailles, was a French bishop and cardinal. His signing of the Unigenitus bull in 1728 would end the formal Jansenist controversy. Biography Louis-Antoine de Noa ..., ''cardinal de Noailles'' (1651–1729), never married. Notes References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyer, Louise 1632 births 169 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
