Louis
Dauphin of France
(1661-1711)
Husband of:
1. Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria , mar 1680
2. Marie Émilie de Joly de Choin, mar 1695)
Grand Dauphin's physical appearance.
" . . . In features he bore a close resemblance to his mother, Maria Theresa of Spain; but his manners were those of his father, Louis XIV. His fatness, his gait, his tanned face and red complexion, and his extremely fair hair, gave him an air of frank good humour, which he did not possess. He would have been graceful, nevertheless, but for his diminutive and deformed feet. . . ." (Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne, Volume 2: 152)
His lovers were:
1) Claude-Charlotte de Stafford (1662-1739)
Also known as:
Also known as:
Fanchon Moreau.
3) Francoise Pitel de Longchamp (1662-1721)
Lover in 1693 or 1701.
French actress
Also known as:
Lover in 1693 or 1701.
French actress
Also known as:
Francoise Pitel Fanchon, Mademoiselle Raisin.
Daughter of: Henri Pitel de Longchamp & Charlotte Legend.Wife of: Jean-Baptiste Raisin, French actor, married 1679-1693.
Natural Offspring: 1. Anne-Louise de Bonbour (1695-?); 2. Charlotte de Fleury (1697-?)
"Mlle Raisin, the widow of Jean-Baptiste Raisin, was the first to land a big fish. Around 1693 she became the mistress of Monseigneur, the Grand Dauphin, heir to the throne of France, and had a daughter with him. Or maybe two. Once again, as is so often the case when an actress's sexual behavior is at issue, it is difficult to sort out the truth. In this instance, the best testimony is probably that of Elisabeth-Charlotte, duchesse d'Orleans, the fearless princess Palatine. According to Liselotte, writing in 1701, the dauphin, then recently struck with an apoplexy, had given up his actress, while awarding her a yearly pension of 10,000 livres if she would quit the stage. An often-repeated variant is that the king, Louis XIV, believing that it was inappropriate for his son to have a working actress as his mistress, bribed Mlle Raisin to leave the theatre, offering her the option of a lump sum of 150,000 livres or the yearly dole she chose. The pension was abandoned when the dauphin died in 1711, but partially restired by the regent, Philippe d'Orleans, after the death of Louis XIV." (Scott, 2010, pp. 249-250)
"The grand dauphin also had a short affair with Françoise Pitel (1662-1721). She had married J.B. Raisin in 1679 and was with the Comédie Française. With her the grand dauphin had a girl named mademoiselle de Fleury, but he did not recognize her. In 1715 the princesse de Conti was so thoughtful as to arrange that she could be married to M. Dubois d'Avaucourt in 1715. The king silently signed the contract." (The Spanish Succession)
4) Louise Moreau (1668-1692)
French operatic soprano.
Also known as:
Daughter of: Henri Pitel de Longchamp & Charlotte Legend.Wife of: Jean-Baptiste Raisin, French actor, married 1679-1693.
Natural Offspring: 1. Anne-Louise de Bonbour (1695-?); 2. Charlotte de Fleury (1697-?)
"Mlle Raisin, the widow of Jean-Baptiste Raisin, was the first to land a big fish. Around 1693 she became the mistress of Monseigneur, the Grand Dauphin, heir to the throne of France, and had a daughter with him. Or maybe two. Once again, as is so often the case when an actress's sexual behavior is at issue, it is difficult to sort out the truth. In this instance, the best testimony is probably that of Elisabeth-Charlotte, duchesse d'Orleans, the fearless princess Palatine. According to Liselotte, writing in 1701, the dauphin, then recently struck with an apoplexy, had given up his actress, while awarding her a yearly pension of 10,000 livres if she would quit the stage. An often-repeated variant is that the king, Louis XIV, believing that it was inappropriate for his son to have a working actress as his mistress, bribed Mlle Raisin to leave the theatre, offering her the option of a lump sum of 150,000 livres or the yearly dole she chose. The pension was abandoned when the dauphin died in 1711, but partially restired by the regent, Philippe d'Orleans, after the death of Louis XIV." (Scott, 2010, pp. 249-250)
"The grand dauphin also had a short affair with Françoise Pitel (1662-1721). She had married J.B. Raisin in 1679 and was with the Comédie Française. With her the grand dauphin had a girl named mademoiselle de Fleury, but he did not recognize her. In 1715 the princesse de Conti was so thoughtful as to arrange that she could be married to M. Dubois d'Avaucourt in 1715. The king silently signed the contract." (The Spanish Succession)
4) Louise Moreau (1668-1692)
French operatic soprano.
Also known as:
Louison de Moreau.
"Like her sister, Louison received the attentions of Louis, the Great Dauphin, to whom she was introduced in error when it was intended to present her reputedly more beautiful younger sister to him." (Maupin: Mistress of the Sword)
5) Louise-Victoire (1665-1722)
Marquise de Roure
Lover in 1686.
Also known as:
"Like her sister, Louison received the attentions of Louis, the Great Dauphin, to whom she was introduced in error when it was intended to present her reputedly more beautiful younger sister to him." (Maupin: Mistress of the Sword)
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| Louise-Victoire Marquise de Roure |
Marquise de Roure
Lover in 1686.
Also known as:
Louise-Victoire de Caumont La Force, Comtesse du Roure.
6) Marie-Anne-Louise Caumont de La Force.
Also known as:
6) Marie-Anne-Louise Caumont de La Force.
Also known as:
Louise de Caumont.
Natural offspring:
1. Louise-Emilie de Vautedar (1694-?
"After his marriage turned sour the grand dauphin had a first mistress in Louise de Caumont, daughter of the Duc de la Force and fille d'honneur of his wife. His wife vainly tried to break this romance by arranging a marriage between Louise and the Comte de Roure, but this only made the romance more secret. After both were widows in 1690 the grand dauphin thought he could more liberally be with her. Louis XIV however intervened by exiling Louise to Montpellier and refusing to recognize the dauphin's bastard." (The Spanish Succession)
7) Marie-Armande de Polignac (1662-1689)
Lover in 1680.
Also known as:
Natural offspring:
1. Louise-Emilie de Vautedar (1694-?
"After his marriage turned sour the grand dauphin had a first mistress in Louise de Caumont, daughter of the Duc de la Force and fille d'honneur of his wife. His wife vainly tried to break this romance by arranging a marriage between Louise and the Comte de Roure, but this only made the romance more secret. After both were widows in 1690 the grand dauphin thought he could more liberally be with her. Louis XIV however intervened by exiling Louise to Montpellier and refusing to recognize the dauphin's bastard." (The Spanish Succession)
7) Marie-Armande de Polignac (1662-1689)
Lover in 1680.
Also known as:
Mademoiselle de Saint-Meac.
9) Marie-Emilie de Joly de Choin (1663-1732).
Comtesse de Bury
Also known as:
9) Marie-Emilie de Joly de Choin (1663-1732).
Comtesse de Bury
Also known as:
born Therese-Marie-Emilie Joly de Choin
Emilie de Choin
La Choin.
Daughter of: Pierre de Joly de Choin, grand bailli of Bourg-en-Bresse, and of Mademoiselle d'Urre d'Aiguebonne.
"The death of Marianne-Victoire in 1690 had left the Dauphin, still not yet thirty, in theory the most eligible bachelor in Europe...He settled down at Meudon with his mistress Marie-Emilie Jolie de Choin, who had originally been a lady-in-waiting to his favourite half-sister Marie-Anne de Conti. No beauty --- with her short legs and round face she looked 'like a bull terrier' --- she was intelligent and very sympathetic. She provided him with the security that his over-severe childhood had provided him...." (Fraser, 2007, n.p.)
"The next mistress of the grand dauphin was Marie-Emilie de Jolie de Choin oldest fille d'honneur of the princesse de Conti-Vallière. He married her in secret in 1694, but she had an affair with mr. Clermont-Chatte, one of the officers of the guard. When the princesse de Conti found out De Choin was forced to leave the court in August 1694. From there she regularly went first to Choisy and then to Meudon. Later the affair became public and they together received guests at Meudon, La Choin playing a role similar to the one De Maintenon played at Versailles." (spanishsuccession.nl)
"....She entered into a relationship with Louis, le Grand dauphin, in parallel to having a relationship with the Count of Clerment-Chaste. It was rumoured that Marie Émilie and Clerment-Chaste planned to conquer the throne by producing a child from Louis through her. When these plans were discovered, Marie Émilie and Clerment were both exiled from court (1694). The relationship to Louis did not end, however..." (Wikipedia)
References:
Mademoiselle de Choin, the Maintenon of the Grand Dauphin
Daughter of: Pierre de Joly de Choin, grand bailli of Bourg-en-Bresse, and of Mademoiselle d'Urre d'Aiguebonne.
"The death of Marianne-Victoire in 1690 had left the Dauphin, still not yet thirty, in theory the most eligible bachelor in Europe...He settled down at Meudon with his mistress Marie-Emilie Jolie de Choin, who had originally been a lady-in-waiting to his favourite half-sister Marie-Anne de Conti. No beauty --- with her short legs and round face she looked 'like a bull terrier' --- she was intelligent and very sympathetic. She provided him with the security that his over-severe childhood had provided him...." (Fraser, 2007, n.p.)
"The next mistress of the grand dauphin was Marie-Emilie de Jolie de Choin oldest fille d'honneur of the princesse de Conti-Vallière. He married her in secret in 1694, but she had an affair with mr. Clermont-Chatte, one of the officers of the guard. When the princesse de Conti found out De Choin was forced to leave the court in August 1694. From there she regularly went first to Choisy and then to Meudon. Later the affair became public and they together received guests at Meudon, La Choin playing a role similar to the one De Maintenon played at Versailles." (spanishsuccession.nl)
"....She entered into a relationship with Louis, le Grand dauphin, in parallel to having a relationship with the Count of Clerment-Chaste. It was rumoured that Marie Émilie and Clerment-Chaste planned to conquer the throne by producing a child from Louis through her. When these plans were discovered, Marie Émilie and Clerment were both exiled from court (1694). The relationship to Louis did not end, however..." (Wikipedia)
References:
Mademoiselle de Choin, the Maintenon of the Grand Dauphin
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