Louis XIV, the so-called “Sun King,” had no shortage of mistresses…but none were as fascinating, or as scandalous, as the one known as Madame de Montespan. Valerie Mahaffey, Actress on ...

We have already met the king's mistress in season one of Versailles, Madame ... in Louis' love life until 1666 or 1667. In the intervening years, she had married the Marquis de Montespan and ...

No better description can be found of the court of Louis XIV. than the few famous sentences ... and affairs so important ? ” Madame de Montespan, whose position made her doubly conspicuous ...

The 16th-century Château Saint-Elix near Toulouse was the home to Madame de Montespan, the mistress to King Louis XIV, according to Curbed. The 20,236-square-foot, five-story castle is asking ...

Versailles is returning for another lavish season set in the court of the Sun King Louis XIV. Some familiar ... Philippe and Louis’ mistress Madame de Montespan. When the last series ended ...

The ornate cabinet is part of the only surviving set of furniture from Louis XIV's palace of Versailles. Art experts now believe that the cabinet once belonged to Madame de Montespan, the French ...

Played by George Blagden (“Les Miserables,” “Vikings”), Louis XIV, the Sun King and still ... I adore the character of Madame de Maintenon in Season 3. We see in Season 3 how she was ...

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