tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881399530011627215.post5874900932254126735..comments2023-03-10T08:53:22.106-08:00Comments on Royal Favourites: the secret lives of royals, aristocrats and commoners: Dukes of RichelieuUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1881399530011627215.post-10371133832008831232020-06-16T02:32:21.580-07:002020-06-16T02:32:21.580-07:00Surprinsingly little is mentioned here of Richelie...Surprinsingly little is mentioned here of Richelieu's affair with the Duchesse de Berry, the Regent's eldest daughter. It's very unlikely that it took place in 1719 since the ill-famed Duchesse was then pregnant and gave birth at the end of March, her delivery being so difficult that she almost died in labour then got pregnant again in May during her convalescence at the castle of Meudon and died on 21 July 1719. The Duchesse became a widow in 1714 but it's only after the death of Louis XIV and the coming to power of her father that she gave free reign to her torrid eroticism, accumulated lovers and hid several pregnancies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com