Marie-Madeleine de Parabère

Marie Madeleine de La Vieuville, Marquise of Parabère (1693-1755), was a French aristocrat.

When mother died in 1715 and she was widowed the following year, Marie-Madeleine de Parabère was free to live her own life as she pleased, and was able to inter in to a relationship with the Duke of Orleans, who was by then regent.

[1] She shared her place as his lover with multiple partners, notably Madame de Phalaris, but she was always his main favorite to whom he returned to in the end [1] and reportedly felt love and respect.

In 1720, she successfully defeated Marie-Thérèse Blonel de Phalaris, who attempted to replace her as official mistress.

However in January 1721 she herself ended the relationship with the regent, after an argument when she discovered him being unfaithful with two girls from the Opera.