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Louise de La Vallière

1644 - 1710

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Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchess of La Vallière and Vaujours (6 August 1644 – 6 June 1710) was a French noblewoman and the mistress of King Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. La Vallière joined the royal court in 1661 as maid-of-honour to Henrietta of England and soon became Louis XIV's mistress. Two of her four children by the King, Marie-Anne, Mademoiselle de Blois (Princess of Conti by marriage) and Louis, Count of Vermandois, survived infancy and were legitimised. She was an important participant in the court's intellectual life, interested in the arts, literature, and philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louise de La Vallière is the 619th most popular writer (down from 471st in 2019), the 745th most popular biography from France (down from 555th in 2019) and the 104th most popular French Writer.

Louise de la Vallière was a mistress of Louis XIV, king of France. She was most famous for her love affair with the king, and for bearing him two children.

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Among writers, Louise de La Vallière ranks 619 out of 7,302. Before her are Alain Robbe-Grillet, Amin Maalouf, Aulus Gellius, Harold Pinter, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, and Saint Naum. After her are Raymond Queneau, Han Kang, Theodore Dreiser, Joan Fuster, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Francisco de Quevedo.

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Among people born in 1644, Louise de La Vallière ranks 5. Before her are Matsuo Bashō, Antonio Stradivari, Ole Rømer, and Henrietta of England. After her are Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Jakob Ammann, Louis-François de Boufflers, François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, and Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha. Among people deceased in 1710, Louise de La Vallière ranks 2. Before her is Ole Rømer. After her are Emperor Higashiyama, Hennig Brand, Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Bernardo Pasquini, Gaspar Sanz, Louis, Prince of Condé, Gottfried Kirch, and Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louise de La Vallière ranks 745 out of 6,770. Before her are Léon Bourgeois (1851), Antipope Clement VII (1342), Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772), Louis Blériot (1872), Adela of Champagne (1140), and Marie of Anjou (1404). After her are Raymond Queneau (1903), Louise of Lorraine (1553), Simone Veil (1927), Jean Nouvel (1945), Raoul Dufy (1877), and Charles-Henri Sanson (1739).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Louise de La Vallière ranks 104. Before her are Georges Perec (1936), Antoine François Prévost (1697), Alfred de Musset (1810), Ausonius (310), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), and Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922). After her are Raymond Queneau (1903), Madame Roland (1754), Bernard Gui (1261), Maurice Blanchot (1907), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), and Maurice Denis (1870).

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