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Françoise Louise de la Baume le Blanc, Duchess of la Vallière

Also known as: Françoise Louise de la Baume le Blanc, Duchess of la Vallière; primary name: La Vallière, Louise de; other name: (Duchess) La Vallière; other name: (Duchess) Vaujours; other name: Baume Le Blanc, Louise Françoise de la; other name: La Baume Le Blanc, Louise Françoise de; other name: Lavallière, Louise de; other name: Louise de la Miséricorde; other name: Vallière, Louise de la
Details: individual; French; Female
Life dates: 1644-1710
Biography: Mistress of Louis XIV (q.v.); daughter of Laurent de La Baume Le Blanc de La Vallière, she was appointed maid of honor to Louis XIV's sister-in-law, Henrietta Anne of England (q.v.), in 1661, and soon became the King's mistress; made Duchess of la Vallière & of Vaujours in 1667; replaced by Madame de Montespan (q.v.) in the King's favours around 1667/70, she entered the Carmelite convent in Paris in 1674, where she stayed till her death under the name of Louise de la Miséricorde. She had given Louis XIV several children, but only two survived infancy: Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666-1739), later known as Mademoiselle de Blois; and Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vermandois (1667-1683).

43 related objects

cigarette-card

Museum number: EPH-ME.329 |
Producer name: BIOG176730 Drawn by:A K Macdonald |
Production date: 1920s

parure; necklace; pendant; ear-ring

Museum number: 1978,1002.130 |
Production date: 19thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Geneva (city)

print

Title: Louise Francoise Dse de la Valliere |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2418 |
Producer name: BIOG29824 Print made by:Jan Griffier |
Production date: 1680-1718

print

Title: La Dutchess de la Valiere |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3169 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward LutterellPublished by:Edward Cooper |
Production date: 1680-1720 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mlle. de Lavaliere Maîtresse de Louis 14 |
Museum number: 2010,7081.4572 |
Producer name: Print made by:George MaileIntermediary draughtsman:Innocent Louis Goubaud |
Production date: 1815-1842 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Mme de La Vallière |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1539 |
Producer name: Print made by:Luigi CeroniAfter:Jean Petitot |
Production date: 1830-1860

print; book-illustration

Title: Louise de La Vallière |
Museum number: 1901,1022.518 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon MauduisonAfter:Charles Théodore Frère |
Production date: 1845

print

Title: Louise Françoise de la Baume le Blanc Duchesse de la Vallier Religieuse Carmélite... |
Museum number: 1893,0411.104 |
Producer name: BIOG178759 After:David van der Plas |
Production date: 1710-1750

print; broadside; satirical print

Title: Al-Arm te Versailles Vacarme au Trianon |
Museum number: 1871,1209.4977 |
Producer name: BIOG61254 After:Filibert Bouttats the Younger |
Production date: 1706

print

Title: La Vallière (Louise Françoise de la Baume le Blanc Galeries Historiques de Versailles |
Museum number: 1914,0228.2252 |
Producer name: BIOG27729 Print made by:Jules Charles Rémy François |
Production date: 1835-1850

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Convent of Chaillot. Louis XIV and La Vallière |
Museum number: 1864,0611.575 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: M.elle de La Vallière |
Museum number: 1914,0228.2251 |
Producer name: Print made by:Félicie FournierPublished by:Charles Furne |
Production date: 1820-1859 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: The Duchess de La Vallière |
Museum number: 1914,0228.2253 |
Producer name: Print made by:William GreatbachAfter:Nicolas de Larmessin I |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: La Valière. |
Museum number: 1864,0611.572 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1891,0112.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: La Valière. |
Museum number: 1926,0331.285 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Madame de la Vallière, Religieuse Carmelite |
Museum number: 1938,0311.6.169 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste BonnartPublished by:Nicolas Bonnart I |
Production date: 1680-1700 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: Madame de La Vallière |
Museum number: 1874,1114.632 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexandre Vincent SixdeniersIntermediary draughtsman:Achille Devéria |
Production date: 1820-1846

print

Title: Louise Francoise Dse. de la Valliere |
Museum number: 1902,1011.7559 |
Producer name: BIOG29290 Print made by:Jacob Gole |
Production date: 1675-1724

print

Museum number: 1838,0420.45 |
Producer name: BIOG45300 Print made by:Pieter Schenk I |
Production date: 1675-1719 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc Duchesse de La Vallière |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1002 |
Producer name: BIOG34865 Print made by:Nicolas de Larmessin I |
Production date: 1667-1674

print

Title: Louise de la Miséricorde cy devant appellée Louise Françoise de la Baume.... |
Museum number: 1874,0711.814 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob GoleAfter:David van der Plas |
Production date: 1675-1702

print

Title: Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchesse de La Vallière |
Museum number: O,1.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de Larmessin IPublished by:Pierre Bertrand |
Production date: 1667-1675 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: M.elle de La Vallière |
Museum number: 1914,0228.2249 |
Producer name: Print made by:Achille DevériaPrinted by:Lemercier & Cie |
Production date: 1827-1857 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Louise de la Misericorde... |
Museum number: O,5.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob GoleAfter:David van der Plas |
Production date: 1675-1724

print

Title: Louis XIV et Mademoiselle de la Vallière |
Museum number: 1885,0711.228 |
Producer name: After:Paul Émile Antony MorlonPrint made by:Durand |
Production date: 1885 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.4041 |
Producer name: BIOG45324 Print made by:Niccolo Schiavonetti |
Production date: 1786-1813

print

Title: La Dutchess de la Valiere |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3170 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward LutterellPublished by:Edward Cooper |
Production date: 1680-1720 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; broadside; satirical print

Title: Vacarme au Trianon Alarm in 't Spinhuys |
Museum number: 1871,1209.4976 |
Producer name: BIOG61254 Print made by:Filibert Bouttats the Younger |
Production date: 1706

print

Title: Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc Duchesse de La Vallière |
Museum number: R,6.169 |
Producer name: BIOG34865 Print made by:Nicolas de Larmessin I |
Production date: 1667-1674

print

Title: Louise de la Miséricorde cy devant appellée Louise Françoise de la Baume.... |
Museum number: O,5.92 |
Producer name: After:David van der PlasPrint made by:Jacob Gole |
Production date: 1675-1725

print

Title: La Duchesse de la Valiere |
Museum number: R,6.171 |
Producer name: BIOG18605 Print made by:Hendrik Bary |
Production date: 1655-1707

print

Title: La Duchesse de la Valiere |
Museum number: O,5.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hendrik BaryPublished by:Clement de Jonghe |
Production date: 1655-1707

print

Title: Tres noble et tres pieuse Soeur Louise de la Miséricorde... |
Museum number: O,1.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de Larmessin IPublished by:Pierre Bertrand |
Production date: 1675-1678 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Mme de la Vallière Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1860,0728.215 |
Producer name: Printed by:Charles MottePrint made by:Antoine Maurin dit l'aîné |
Production date: 1825-1829 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

print; broadside; satirical print

Title: Al-arm te Versailles, of Spinhuis consistorie, tot vertroosting van Louis de ZON-daar, de Koningenma |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9744 |
Producer name: Print made by:Filibert Bouttats the YoungerPrint made by:Romeyn de Hooghe |
Production date: 1706

print; letter; album

Title: Lettres de Madame de Sévigné |
Museum number: 1859,0514.306 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac BriotPrint made by:Antoine Hérisset |
Production date: 1823

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1891,0112.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; broadside; satirical print

Title: Pantagruel Agonisant |
Museum number: 1864,0813.287 |
Producer name: BIOG31987 Print made by:Romeyn de Hooghe |
Production date: 1690

print

Title: Mme de La Vallière |
Museum number: 1900,1231.136 |
Producer name: BIOG44758 Print made by:Augustin de Saint-Aubin |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Duchesse de La Vallière |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2821 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward HargravePublished by:Henry Dobbs |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Louise, Duchess of La Vallière, afterwards Sister Louisa of the Order of Misericordia... |
Museum number: 1914,0228.2250 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Edmund Thomas Parris |
Production date: 1820-1871

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Convent of Chaillot. Louis XIV and La Vallière |
Museum number: 1867,1214.155 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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