Madame de Maintenon (1635–1719)
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Fotografie: Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, représentée en Sainte Françoise Romaine Mignard Pierre (1812-1695)
Werken van Madame de Maintenon
Correspondance de Madame de Maintenon et de la princesse des Ursins : 1709, une année tragique (2002) 3 exemplaren
Memoires Pour Servir a L'Histoire de Madame de Maintenon, et a Celle du Siecle passe, Par Mr de la Beaumelle.… (1756) 2 exemplaren
The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie, Duchesse de… (2016) 2 exemplaren
Madame de Maintenon Peinte par elle-même 1 exemplaar
The Secret Correspondence Of Madame De Maintenon With The Princess Des Ursins, Volume 1 (2011) 1 exemplaar
Maintenoniana, ou Choix d'Anecdotes Intéressantes, de Portraits, de Pensées Ingénieuses, de Bons Mots, de Maximes… (2017) 1 exemplaar
Correspondance Generale de Madame de Maintenon, Vol. 4: Publiee Pour La Premiere Fois Sur Les Autographes Et Les… (2017) 1 exemplaar
Lettres de madame de Maintenon. T. 1-9 1 exemplaar
Madame de Maintenon et le maréchal de Villars: Correspondance inédite (French Edition) (1881) 1 exemplaar
Lettres de Madame de Maintenon 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Maintenon, Madame de
- Officiële naam
- d’Aubigné, Françoise (birth)
Scaron, Françoise - Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- d'Aubigné, Françoise
Marquise de Maintenon
Madame Scarron - Geboortedatum
- 1635-11-27
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1719-04-15
- Graflocatie
- Saint-Cyr-l'École, France
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- France
- Geboorteplaats
- Niort, France
- Plaats van overlijden
- Saint-Cyr-l'École, France
- Woonplaatsen
- Versailles, France
Martinique - Beroepen
- aristocrat
lady-in-waiting
governess
letter writer - Relaties
- d'Aubigné, Agrippa (grandfather)
Scarron, Paul (first husband)
Caylus, Madame de (niece)
Louis XIV (husband)
Marquise de Montespan, Françoise-Athénaïs (friend) - Korte biografie
- Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, was the secret second wife of Louis XIV of France. She was born in unpromising circumstances near the prison of Niort, where her father was being held and where she was raised by her financially harassed mother. She was the granddaughter of a famous Protestant Huguenot poet, Agrippa d’Aubigné. When Françoise's father died, she was converted to Roman Catholicism by other members of her family. She married as her first husband the poet Paul Scarron. After his death, she was appointed governess to the children of Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, and the king, who took special notice of her. Eventually, she supplanted Athenais in the king's affections. He made Françoise a marquise in her own right and married her in the winter of 1685-1686 -- however, their marriage was never officially acknowledged. Accused of wielding great influence over Louis XIV, she was blamed for the persecution of the Protestants after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Madame de Maintenon founded a home for impoverished noblewomen, the Maison Royal de Saint-Louis, at Saint-Cyr, and wrote Conversations et proverbs, which was intended as an instructional dialogue for the students.
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Princess Palatine was friendly towards most people, but she detested Madame de Maintenon, and she didn’t care who knew it, including la Maintenon.
I think Princess Palatine was too harsh in her opinions of Madame de Maintenon, who went out of her way to educate girls and young women. Before reading the selection of la Maintenon’s letters (of which there are many more than those featured here), I expected her to come across like a strict headmistress. This isn’t the case. There’re a few letters featured that show how la Maintenon was perceived by the girls and young women, and they have the utmost respect for her, as she’s kind and patient with them.
I think Princess Palatine’s main issue with la Maintenon was the latter’s involvement with Louis XIV (whom she secretly married). It’s well known that Princess Palatine was ardently against misalliances, and Louis XIV’s relationship with la Maintenon was a huge misalliance.
Madame de Maintenon’s letters aren’t as engaging as Princess Palatine’s, and I found a few to be a little boring, as they were like reading a list of school rules, but the more personal letters were much more interesting.
La Maintenon comes across as a highly intelligent woman. I particularly liked the letters written by those who knew her, as they quote what la Maintenon said to them, which was usually advice of some sort.
The third woman featured in this collection was the only one whom I was unfamiliar with. The Duchesse de Bourgogne is connected to the English nobility as well as the French. She’s Charles I of England’s great-granddaughter, and Louis XV of France’s mother.
The duchesse comes across as a very sweet-natured and likable young woman – and she sadly died as a young woman, too. Had she and her husband lived, she would’ve been Queen of France.
She was also a dutiful daughter. In her earliest letters to her mother & grandma, she always addressed them respectively as “my dear mamma” & “my dear grandmamma”. This changed slightly from 2 January 1702, as is detailed below:
“I pique myself now on being a great personage, and I think that 'Mamma' is not suitable. But I shall love still more my dear mother than my dear mamma, because I now understand better what your value is, and what I owe to you.”
Madame de Maintenon also praises the duchesse several times for her sweet nature.
In addition to the letters, there are introductions to each section by the original editor of this volume, plus another editor of a later edition. This helps put the women and their respective backgrounds into perspective.… (meer)