Madame de Ventadour
| Charlotte de La Motte-Houdancourt | |
|---|---|
| Duchess o Ventadour | |
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| Full name
Charlotte Eléonore Madeleine de La Motte-Houdancourt | |
| Born | 1654 Fraunce |
| Dee'd | 1744 Fraunce |
| Spoose(s) | Louis Charles de Lévis |
| Issue | |
| Faither | Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt |
| Mither | Louise de Prie |
| Thrift | Governess o the Childer o Fraunce |
Charlotte de La Motte-Houdancourt, Duchess o Ventadour (Charlotte Eléonore Madeleine; 1654–1744) wis the governess o the Keeng Louis XV o Fraunce, great-grandson o Keeng Louis XIV. She is credited with saving Louis XV from the ministrations o the royal doctors when he was ill as a child. She mairit the Duke o Ventadour in 1671 an haed one dochter who mairit into the high aristocracy twice. She wis known at coort as Madame de Ventadour.
Mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
In Paris on 14 Mairch 1671 she mairit Louis Charles de Lévis, Duke o Ventadour, a son o Charles de Lévis Coont o Vauvert, Marquis o Annonay, Duke o Ventadour) an Marie de La Guiche.
Background[eedit | eedit soorce]
She wis the second dochter o Philippe de la Mothe-Houdancourt, Duke o Cardona an his wife Louise de Prie. Her older sister Françoise Angélique de la Mothe mairit Louis Victor d'Aumont, Duke o Aumont.
Childer[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Anne Geneviève de Lévis, Mademoiselle de Ventadour (Februar 1673 – 20 Mairch 1727) mairit Louis Charles de La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince o Turenne in (1692) nae childer, remairit tae Hercule Mériadec, Duke o Rohan-Rohan (1714) an haed issue.
Positions at coort[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Fille d’honneur (dochter o honour tae Queen Marie Thérèse (1660)
- Dame d'honneur (lady o honour) o "Madame", Duchess o Orléans (1684-1703)
- Lady-in-waiting.
- Governesses tae the Childer o Fraunce (1727-1735)