Louise de La Vallière

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Louise de La Vallière
Duchess of La Vallière
Born Hôtel de la Crouzille, Tours, France
Born (1644-08-06)6 August 1644
Died Paris, France
Died 7 June 1710(1710-06-07) (aged 65)
Issue Marie Anne, Princess of Conti
Louis, Count of Vermandois
Full name
Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc
Father Laurent de La Vallière
Mother Françoise Le Provost
Burial Carmelite Convent of the faubourg Saint-Jacques, Paris


Louise de La Vallière, Mademoiselle de La Vallière ( Françoise Louise; 6 August 1644 – 7 June 1710) was a French noblewoman and the first mistress of Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. created the Duchess of La Vallière 1667 she left court and became a nun in 1674 after which she was known as Sister Louise de la Miséricordie.



Issue with King Louis XIV[edit]

  1. Charles de La Baume Le Blanc (19 December 1663 – 15 July 1665) died young.
  2. Philippe de La Baume Le Blanc (7 January 1665 – 1666) died young.
  3. Louis de La Baume Le Blanc (27 December 1665 – 1666) died young.
  4. Marie Anne de Bourbon (2 October 1666 – 3 May 1739) married Louis Armand de Bourbon, 3rd Prince of Conti but had no issue.
  5. Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vermandois (2 October 1667 – 18 November 1683) died at the age of sixteen in exile, during his first military campaign, and had no issue.




Titles[edit]

  • 6 August 1644  – 13 May 1667 Mademoiselle de La Vallière.
  • 13 May 1667  – 1675 The Duchess of La Vallière, Peer of France.
  • 1675  – 7 June 1710 Sister Louise de la Miséricordie.