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Noun: Marquise de Montespan
  1. French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707)
    - Montespan, Françoise-Athenais de Rochechouart

Type of: marchioness, marquise

Encyclopedia: Marquise de Montespan