Marie de Hautefort

Marie de Hautefort (1616 – 1691), was a French noble and lady-in-waiting, a trusted confidante and adviser of King Louis XIII of France.

[1] Marie de Hautefort was known to be such a prude that she categorically turned down men regardless of their intentions and even regarded correspondence about innocent topics with a man as a violation of her principles, and Louis XIII had a similar character and had religious scruples against sexual contacts outside of marriage.

[1] She was in parallel a favorite of the queen, whose feelings she did reciprocate, assisted her in her secret correspondence and supported her when she was accused of being a Spanish spy.

[1] When Louis XIII died and Anne became regent in 1643, Marie de Hautefort was recalled to court and resumed her position as Dame d'atour.

In September 1646, she married Charles de Schomberg, Marschal of France, and in 1652, she moved with him to Metz, when he was appointed governor of the city.