Louise de Maisonblanche

Madame de Montespan had been the maîtresse-en-titre (official mistress) of Louis XIV, King of France (1638–1715) for 9 years, during which he had relationships with other women as well, including Mademoiselle des Œillets.

On 17 April 1696, she married Bernard de Prez, Baron of La Queue, lieutenant of the regiment of Burgundy.

[citation needed] This was close to nothing compared to the dowries of her legitimised half-sisters: when Marie-Anne de Bourbon (1666–1739) married in 1680, she received 1 million livres.

(...) [Abbé de Brisacier] arranged (...) the conditions of this contract, the dowry of which was very small compared with the prince whose daughter she was.Later,[when?]

[citation needed] Bontemps, the king's confidant for his domestic secrets arranged the marriage and stipulated [it] without declaring any father or mother (...) The woman resembled the king strongly, she was tall and, to her misfortune, she knew who she was and envied her three sisters who were acknowledged and so greatly married.