Madame de Maintenon - First Mistress, Then Wife 

I have a severe case of love/hate attitude towards this woman. The love part: Maintenon was a breath of fresh air . She was virtuous and unpretentious . Very intelligent and very thoughtful . I can see why Louis married her . The Cinderalla of the 17th century. Now to the hate part: A religious fanatic . She was instrumental to the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes of 1685 . Which renewed the persecution of the Huegenots , and all the ugliness that genocide brings. As King Louis' wife , Maintenon influenced King Louis into some really bad decision making that almost swept him from the throne . Personally , Maintenon was a great person . Politically she was a train wreck.

She was the best partner for a lonely king who was loved more for his title than for himself.

Do you have any what Maintenon said about the king after his death, and about her last words or something. She is one of the most intriguing character, an unlikely pious person in a corrupt indulging court, we can clearly see why Louis married that might have been the best decision of his life. She had many haters for example Princess Palatine. Maintenon is a 17th century Cinderella, after having to go through many hardships She married the most powerful man in Europe, moreover he loved her and listened to her, I think because of her piety God blessed her. I didn't know Peter came to see her. A great video as always.

Françoise, Marquise de Maintenon, d'Aubigne is my 8th great aunt. Her brother, Theodore d'Aubigne, is my 8th great grandfather.

Excellent presentation. Full of factual detail, and told in a dignified, serious manner. Would that all RU-vid documentaries were this good.

Her life was well depicted in the french movie "L'allée du Roi"!

I subbed today and liked. II’m from US…love this time in history! I śtarted to listen to you on my 100 mile round trip to work. You kept me awake. God bless 🙏

Loved your videos, very educational, informative and shows the timeline of events. You have a beautiful accent. Thank you for posting 🙂

I love this overview of her life! Your editing and voiceover is very relaxing :)

I really enjoyed your series on the three main mistresses of Louis IXV. Will you have programs on some of the different palaces like Fontainebleau, the Tuileries, Chenonceaux, Chambord and of course, Versailles?

Really enjoyed you 3 part series.

You have a lovely voice.

de Maintenon was rather predictable. What came as a total surprise is the shallow nature of de Montespan. How such a magnificent monarch, who was himself a distinguished dancer, patron of the Arts could have fallen in love with a shallow woman? Unless... she was devastatingly beautiful. Beauty is most certainly not in the eye of the beholder. " Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature".

I just tonight found you,I LOVE your presentations of these fascinating people that lived during those fascinating times,,,,,,thank you so much,I look forward to more!! 🌬 💨💨 🤍🇨🇦🇫🇷🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

everytime I watch one of these, I end up thinking: they were really unhinged back then, huh

very good work.

How interesting Peter the Great took time to visit her. I would love to hear you recite a poem in French...

Awesome I love King Louie 14th era..

Wow. Very interesting she was raised in Martinique, like Empress Josephine centuries later

super!

Merci 🌺🇫🇷🙏🏻

oh wow... montespan saved maintenon from financial ruin? i guess they must have been pretty good friends... i wonder if it was brought up in their future arguments (not by maintenon, of course) :-D

Omh!! You DO have cc. The CC does not understand what you are saying either!!! Bit thanks for trying! Most clips do not have cc!

I like her personally but political opinions concern me.

From looking at the photos of these royals, they were not very attractive, at all!

Just too loud...

Lose the music....

Was she in a good relationship with Le Grand Dauphin

when going to france to see everything worth seeing (peter the great), i hope the list was drawn up by the french or else it could end up being insulting to everything not visited :D

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O.k. Your accent is sooo heavy!!! Can't you add cc????

Educated in a Protestant way🤣

There's a great deal of debate as to whether or not Madame de Maintenon was ever the King's mistress. There's equally a great deal of debate whether or not she was responsible for influencing Louis to revoke the Edict of Nantes. Two of Louis's biographers, Nancy Mitford and Vincent Cronin, suspect that Louis was trying to convince Europe of the sincerity and devoutness of his Catholicism. Furthermore, the Huguenots stood in Louis's way of unifying France (to Louis's thinking, they were a state within a state). The move caused much joy amongst Louis's subjects, while the Protestant states were alarmed.