Madame de Montespan - AMBITION At Court 

If you can please do a mini series of The Affair of the Poisons! It's the biggest scandal of any monarchy and I love learning about it.

Wonderful as always. What a tragedy for the unfortunate, beautiful 17 year old girl, who caught the King's eye, made her pregnant with a baby who died, only to die herself after birth complications. Louis really was a bit of an old goat under all his sumptuous finery! I feel so fortunate that you have made these fascinating videos. I love them all.

Too much arrogance is fatal. She was not nice to the queen, as the previous mistress was. As they say good looks fade but a good heart keeps you beautiful forever.

These essays on the French Monarchy as so beautifully and cleverly described; please keep providing these wonderful insights in to what has been lost to us by the dark shadow of the Revolution and the Terror(s) that came afterwards.

The Queen Marie Therese had only 11 rooms Montespan herself had 20 rooms at her disposal and even had her own bathroom where she and Louis XIV obviously had.....many happy hours

Thank you for your videos! About Montespan, I once read that she liked to throw money around so much, that whenever she had to go somewhere, she would use an escort of as much as 150 horses. So that whoever saw that entourage, they would always know at sight - "That's Montespan! Only her is this wasteful!" She and Louis XIV and many nobles of the time, were like the tacky noveau riche of nowadays, that suddenly got a ton of money, and now struggle to create new ways to flaunt them. I wonder if the concept of "tacky" existed at the time. It probably did, because I once read about some foreign nobleman visiting the Louvre, and making a comment like "Wherever you go - every corner, every wall, every painting, every statue - everywhere you look, there is the face of Louis XIV looking at you. Does the man not realize how laughable that is?" So the people of the time probably were thinking when they saw Montespan entourage "That poor overcompensating woman. Spending people's money like it's nothing." Both Montespan and Louis XIV remind me of modern internet moderators and community leaders, the narcissic schizofrenic sociopaths that create their own perfect world of absolutism, from which they expel anyone that says 1 wrong word. Without a shred of self awareness of how small and petty they are to outsiders, because in their own twisted minds, they are people of grandeur that matter more than anyone in the world, and get to decide anyone's fate, and nothing else exists outside their micro world. I wonder if people of the time saw Louis XIV and Montespan and other noble people that built themselves palaces of overwhelming luxury, for how pathetic they are.

I enjoyed this video, and actress who portrayed her in the web series Versailles.

I really enjoyed your videos on the three mistresses of Louis IVX. I saw you also have videos on some of the kings and prominent nobles. I am looking forward to listening to Richelieu, Mazarin, Louis IVX, Louis XV and Louis XVI. I am also interested in learning about Francois I, Henry IV, Henry II, the Musketeers, Robespierre, Napoleon, Clovis, Charles VII, and Charlemagne as well as his father and grand-father. Your chanel is quite a find!

Louise was a better human being than Athenais.

I LOVE your presentations of these fascinating people who lived during fascinating times!!! THANKYOU ,I now look FORWARD to more,!!!🥰 😉 🙃 all of the King’s children of the Queen and his mistress,es are so beautiful!Compared to , any conformity of ‘ the day’from any timeline. Honestly though, the double standards that these women had endure were horrific ,,,,,,would any one say “slavery” or is that too extreme because of the age that they lived in ,,,,,,,,,, considering they were prepared for the double standard while growing up , did they consider this the norm??? I have my doubts because the mistresses tried to escape to a convent. The Queen seemed to accept the arrangements as if this was expected ?,,,,,,,,,,but these women were only human,,,,,,,,,🇨🇦 🌬 💨💨 🤍🕊🇫🇷. P.S. the artworks you use are fabulous,,,like snap shots from the past but done by the artists of the day!! I look at them for a long time , absorbing the essence of life back then!,,,,,,again THANK YOU 🙏🏼

I love all the drama of the royals and the court's noblemen and noblewomen during the Renaissance period. Especially the ones in France, the drama there was extra juicy.

The one thing brilliant about Athenais was her sense of humor. The Mortemart sisters were known to be tremendous fun. Athehais sister- Mme de Fontevrault was the cleverest and most beautiful of sisters-she later became a Nun-the Abbess of her convent. She used to take Athenais to a church in Paris to hear the sermon of a certain priest who looked like their brother, the Duc de Vivonne. The sisters would shriek with laughter at the priest who looked like their naughty brother dressed in a soutane delivering a holy sermon. Louis XIV used to say "You know, I like clever, amusing people" (le gens d' esprit)

Great channel! Will you consider creating the one about the Great French Revolution? So many fascinating, and sometimes sinister personages spanned its pages! Some lived a full life, others, like Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just, died young.

It's "Ro-che-chou-art de Mor-te-mart". You have to say it slowly and everything will be fine !! Furthermore, she was very proud of her ancient family and joked with the king that her family was older than the capetian dynasty ...

When will we see videos about the mistresses of Louis XV, especially Mesdames de Pompadour and du Barry?

Your videos are so informative and I love them all.

I believe she also became a Carmelite Nun Later in life. I remember reading when she died the King forbade there children to morn her which I found deeply degusting.

New to your channel, but I'm super impressed with your accurate account of Demontespan's time with the Sun King! He is my favorite historical figure and she is also in the top ten!. Love your channel! New sub!

Hi, awesome live history video I enjoyed it. How is your summer going and how is Rani your cat? I'm doing well my cat Benjamin says hi to you and cute Rani your cat. He's doing well also. We have a heatwave in Ontario Canada. How is the weather where you are? Have a great weekend 😊

I love your stories😍

Madame de Montespan ❤️💖⭐

Yeah after all she was amazing but still my favourite royal mistress of the time was Louise de Kerouaille Douchess of Portsmouth one of Charles II`s paramours she was the one ho desclosed that he wanted to become a catholic and so he converted on his dead bed

I grew up between southern Maine and southern New Hampshire, United States of America. Sooo I was born in an English state, but spent a lot of my life in a French state 🤣

It must be terrible to catch the king's eye, be so young get pregnant. Have the baby pass then lose your life.

Elle etait sublime

Wasn't the Sun King also involved with his brother's wife??

Even you had to concentrate in order to pronounce all of her names properly. I feel better now.

I’m always struggling with that terminal S in French. I know it’s not usually voiced, but proper nouns seem to be an exception, especially for toponyms, maybe it’s because the older pronunciation of place names, and personal names, too, tend to endure longer?

She is like anne boleyn only she never became his wife he did love her but her ambition and jealous is what became her downfall.

What's the name of the music?

You spend to much time talking about lineage and not enough time talking about the person . Consider making your videos longer if you still want to discuss lineage.

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Why American English?

Honestly I keep thinking that when people like them have children (in this case 10) that they actually STAY together ❤ (but however life isn't black & white......its more Grey if anything)