| Louise de la Vallière | |
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| Character Information | |
| Starring: | Sarah Winter |
| Season(s): | 1 |
| Episode Count: | 7 |
| First Episode: | Welcome To Versailles |
| Last Episode: | Revelations |
| Names | |
| Full Name: | Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc de La Vallière |
| Title(s): | - Duchess of La Vallière - Duchess of Vaujours |
| Nickname(s): | Louise |
| Biographical Information | |
| Next In Line: | Madame de Montespan |
| Age: | ca. 25 (Season One) |
| Born: | August 6, 1644 |
| Dies: | June 7, 1710 |
| Birthplace: | Tours, France |
| Originally From: | France |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
| Physical Description | |
| Status: | Alive |
| Gender: | Female |
| Eye Colour: | Brown |
| Hair Colour: | Auburn |
| Relationships | |
| Spouse: | - |
| Parents: | Laurent de La Vallière (father) Françoise Le Provost (mother) |
| Children: | Marie Anne de Bourbon |
| Interests: | Louis XIV of France (ex-lover) |
| Affiliations: | Louise and Louis Louise and Montespan |
Louise de la Vallière was one of Louis XIV's mistresses and a member of his court.
Personality[]
Louise is a calm and godly person. She is very devout and modest and is afraid to go into hellfire because of her sins (she was the king's mistress). That is why she has been following the wish to go to a monastery in order to serve God only. She wants to leave Versailles behind.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Born on 6 August 1644 at the Hôtel de la Crouzille in Tours, Françoise Louise de La Baume Le Blanc (who very quickly was called by her middle name), was the daughter of Laurent de La Baume Le Blanc, Marquis de La Vallière and officer in the royal army, by his wife Françoise Le Provost, already a widow of a councillor in the Parlement of Paris. She spent her early infancy in her birthplace, the Château d'Amboise (where her father was governor) and the Château de La Vallière in Reugny, a possession of her family.
On the death of her father in 1651, Louise's mother married in 1655 in Blois for the third time to Jacques de Courtavel, marquis de Saint Rémy and butler of Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the uncle of King Louis XIV of France, then in exile in the Blésois. Louise served as a companion to the three younger daughters of the Duke of Orléans (the future Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Duchess of Alençon, and Duchess of Savoy), who were about her age, and was educated with them.
After the death of the Duke of Orléans, his widow moved with her daughters to the Luxembourg Palace in Paris and took the sixteen-year-old Louise with them.
Season One[]
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Historical Facts[]
- Louise was an accomplished and graceful rider and dancer.