Athenais de Montespan ‘The Real Queen of France’ & Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIV

By: Maranda Wabik
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Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day Two here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   This post is also this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, so keeping with the Femme Fatale Friday theme as well as the Royal Romance theme, I have chosen to write about Athenais de Montespan, who was nicknamed ‘The Real Queen…

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Louis XV & Madame Du Barry

By: Maranda Wabik
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Welcome to Royal Romance Week Day One here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be focused on Louis XV and his famed mistress Madame Du Barry!   I was uncertain if I wanted to focus this post on Madame de Pompadour or Madame Du Barry, as they were…

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