Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King (3 page)

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

Listed according to the name(s) used in the text

ADELAIDE:
Marie-Adelaide, daughter of Victor Amadeus of Savoy and Anne-Marie d'Orléans, wife of the Duc de Bourgogne, grandson of Louis XIV

ANGÉLIQUE:
Mademoiselle de Fontanges, later Duchesse de Fontanges, mistress of Louis XIV

ANJOU,
Louis Duc d': Third son of the Duc and Duchesse de Bourgogne; later Louis XV

ANJOU,
Philippe Duc d':
see
Philip V

ANNE
Queen of France: Anne of Austria, daughter of Philip III of Spain, wife of Louis XIII of France

ANNE-MARIE
Duchess of Savoy: Daughter of Monsieur and his first wife Henriette-Anne, wife of Victor Amadeus II of Savoy

ANNE-MARIE-LOUISE:
see
the Grande Mademoiselle

ATHÉNAÏS:
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart-Mortemart, Marquise de Montespan

BÉNÉDICTE
Duchesse du Maine: Anne-Louise-Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé, daughter of the Prince de Condé, wife of the Duc du Maine

BERRY,
Duc de: Third son of the Dauphin and Marianne-Victoire, grandson of Louis XIV, married Marie-Élisabeth d'Orléans

BOURBON,
Mademoiselle de: Daughter of the Duc de Bourbon and Madame la Duchesse (Louise-Françoise, daughter of Louis XIV and Athénaïs)

BOURGOGNE,
Duc de: Eldest son of the Dauphin and Marianne-Victoire of Bavaria, grandson of Louis XIV, husband of Adelaide

CARLOS
II King of Spain: Son of Philip IV of Spain and his second wife Maria Anna, half-brother of Marie-Thérèse, Queen of France

C
HARLES
II King of England: Eldest son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France, brother of Henriette-Anne d'Orléans

CHARTRES,
Louis Duc de: Only son of Philippe Duc d'Orléans and Françoise-Marie

CHARTRES,
Philippe Duc de:
see
Philippe Duc d'Orléans

C
HRISTINE
Duchess of Savoy: Princess of France, sister of Louis XIII, wife of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy

DAUPHIN:
Louis de France, only surviving child of Louis XIV and Queen Marie-Thérèse, also known as ‘Monseigneur'

DAUPHINE:
see
Marianne-Victoire

ÉLISABETH-CHARLOTTE:
Daughter of Monsieur by his second marriage to Liselotte, wife of the Duke of Lorraine

FRANÇOISE:
Françoise d'Aubigné, wife of Paul Scarron, later Madame (and Marquise) de Maintenon

FRANÇOISE-CHARLOTTE
d'Aubigné: Niece of Madame de Maintenon, wife of Duc de Noailles

FRANÇOISE-MARIE
Duchesse de Chartres then Duchesse d'Orléans: Mademoiselle de Blois II, illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV and Athénaïs, wife of Philippe Duc de Chartres, then Duc d'Orléans

GASTON
Duc d'Orléans: Only brother of Louis XIII, uncle of Louis XIV, father of the Grande Mademoiselle

GRANDE MADEMOISELLE:
Anne-Marie-Louise de Montpensier, daughter of Gaston Duc d'Orléans by his first marriage, first cousin of Louis XIV

H
ENRIETTA MARIA
Queen of England: Princess of France, wife of Charles I, mother of Charles II and Henriette-Anne

HENRIETTE-ANNE
Duchesse d'Orléans: Daughter of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France, first wife of Monsieur, known as ‘Madame'

JAMES:
Duke of York, brother of Charles II, later King James II

JAMES EDWARD:
Son of James II and Mary Beatrice, Prince of Wales, later ‘the Pretender' to the British throne/James III

LISELOTTE
Duchesse d'Orléans: Élisabeth-Charlotte, Princess of the Palatine, second wife of Monsieur, known as ‘Madame'

LOUIS:
King Louis XIV

LOUISA MARIA:
Daughter of James II and his second wife Mary Beatrice

LOUISE:
Louise de La Vallière, later Duchesse de La Vallière

LOUISE-FRANÇOISE:
Daughter of Athénaïs and Louis XIV, wife of the Duc de Bourbon,
see
Madame la Duchesse

LOUISON:
see
Maria Luisa

MADAME:
see
Henriette-Anne and Liselotte

MADAME LA DUCHESSE:
Louise-Françoise, Mademoiselle de Nantes, daughter of Louise XIV and Athénaïs, wife of the Duc de Bourbon known as ‘Monsieur le Duc'

MADAME ROYALE:
Jeanne-Baptiste de Savoie-Nemours. Duchess of Savoy, second wife of Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy, mother of Victor Amadeus of Savoy, grandmother of Adelaide

MAINE,
Duc du: Son of Louis XIV and Athénaïs, married Bénédicte de Bourbon-Condé

MAINTENON,
Madame de:
see
Françoise

MANCINI,
Marie: Niece of Cardinal Mazarin, early love of Louis XIV, wife of Prince Colonna

MARGARITA TERESA:
Half-sister of Marie-Thérèse, daughter of Philip IV by his second marriage, wife of the Emperor Leopold I

MARGUERITE
de Caylus: Marthe-Marguerite de Villette, cousin of Madame de Maintenon, wife of the Comte de Caylus

MARGUERITE-LOUISE:
Daughter of Gaston d'Orléans by his second marriage, later Duchess of Tuscany

MARGUERITE-YOLANDE:
Princess of Savoy, daughter of Christine de France and the Duke of Savoy

MARIA ANNA
Queen of Spain: Daughter of the Duke of Neubourg. Second wife of Carlos II

MARIA LUISA
Queen of Spain: Daughter of Victor Amadeus of Savoy, nickname Louison, sister of Adelaide, wife of Philip V of Spain

MARIA TERESA
Infanta of Spain:
see
Marie-Thérèse

M
ARIANNA
Queen of Spain: Daughter of the Emperor Charles X, second wife of Philippe IV, mother of Carlos II

MARIANNE-VICTOIRE,
Dauphine: Princess of Bavaria, wife of the Dauphin

MARIE-ANNE
Princesse de Conti: Mademoiselle de Blois I, illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV and Louise de La Vallière, wife, then widow, of the Prince de Conti

MARIE-ÉLISABETH
Duchesse de Berry: Marie-Louise-Élisabeth, daughter of Philippe Duc d'Orléans and Françoise-Marie, wife of the Duc de Berry

MARIE-LOUISE
Queen of Spain: Daughter of Monsieur and his first wife, Henriette-Anne of England, wife of Carlos II of Spain

MARIE-THÉRÈSE
Queen of France: Daughter of Philip III and Elisabeth de France, wife of Louis XIV

MARY
B
EATRICE
Queen of England: Wife of James II, daughter of the Duke of Modena and Laura Martinozzi

MONSIEUR:
Philippe Duc d'Orléans, only brother of Louis XIV, married first Henriette-Anne, secondly Liselotte.

PETITE MADAME:
Marie-Thérèse, infant daughter of Louis XIV and Queen Marie-Thérèse, died young

PHILIP
v King of Spain: Formerly Philippe Duc d'Anjou, second son of the Dauphin, grandson of Louis XIV

PHILIPPE
Duc d'Orléans: Duc de Chartres then Duc d'Orléans, only son of Monsieur and Liselotte, husband of Françoise-Marie, later Regent

SOPHIA:
Electress of Hanover, mother of George I, aunt of Liselotte

VICTOR AMADEUS
Duke of Savoy: Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, son of Charles Emmanuel and Jeanne-Baptiste, father of Adelaide and Maria Luisa