Louise de Maisonblanche

Louise de Maisonblanche, Baronne de La Queue (17 June 1676 – 12 September 1718), was a French noblewoman, the illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV, King of France and his mistress, Claude de Vin des Œillets. She became the Baroness of La Queue by her marriage to Bernard de Prez.

Life

Early life Louise de Maisonblanche was born on 17 June 1676 in Paris to Claude de Vin des Œillets, Mademoiselle des Œillets (1637–1687), the maid of honour (demoiselle de compagnie) or chambermaid (femme de chambre) of Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise of Montespan (1640 –1707). brigadier-general and knight of the military order of Saint-Louis and Marguerite -Françoise Morel. and Louise Faviot (d. 1670).

As Maisonblanche's mother was known to have had several lovers, the king always doubted her paternity, even after she had reportedly grown up to closely resemble him. He never recognised or legitimised her, and treated her poorly as an adult.

She was brought up in Paris by her mother and did not receive the same attention that the king's other illegitimate children (by Louise de La Vallière and Madame de Montespan) did. For a while, she lived at the Castle of Suisnes, where her mother died in 1687.

After her mother´s death she was placed in the care of siblings François and Catherine Le Signerre in Mulcent. Francois was a priest (French: curé) in Montfort.

Marriage and later life

Maisonblanche remained in Mulcent with the Le Signerres until the age of 20. On 17 April 1696, she married Bernard de Prez, Baron of La Queue, lieutenant of the regiment of Burgundy. who secured a dowry while Françoise-Marie de Bourbon (1677–1749) received 2 million livres and the Palais-Royal.

Later,[when?] was appointed a member of the Gardes du Corps (Life Guards). As an adult, which allowed her to visit the Palace of Versailles, but she never frequented the court. She only ever went outside veiled in order to avoid scandals and keep people from noting her similarity to the king in appearance. Louise Renée de Prez (Montfort l'Amaury, 27 October 1699 – 1705), died at the age of 6 Louis Bernard de Prez (born and died Montfort l'Amaury, 17 March 1701), stillborn Charlotte Angélique de Prez (Montfort l'Amaury, 11 October 1703 – 1723), died of hypothermia at the age of 19 or 20 after falling into a lake Louis Charles Timothée de Prez (14 October 1704 – 1746), married Madeleine Marguerite Charlotte Soulaigre des Fossés and died after falling from a horse A son, maybe Stanislas Henri de Prez (born and died Montfort l'Amaury, 4 September 1706), stillborn Alexandre-Paul-Cyr de Prez (Montfort l'Amaury, 5 August 1708 – Neauphle le Vieux, 8 October 1777), first married Marie Jeanne de Malebranche on 3 February 1755, then Claude Marguerite Le Cousturier du Meny in 1763 Louise Catherine de Prez (La Queue-les-Yvelines, 16 June 1709 – 1756), married Timothée de Vaultier de Petitmont on 10 October 1745 Françoise de Prez (5 January 1711 – 1715), died of scarlet fever at the age of 3 or 4 Guillaume Jacques de Prez (Gallais, 15 November 1713 – La Queue les Yvelines, 5 October 1804), married Françoise Perrette Le Bœuf in 1754 Marguerite Françoise de Prez (Gallins-la-Queue, 15 May 1715 – Montfort l'Amaury, 1786) Philippe Charles de Prez (Gallins-la-Queue, 8 August 1718 – February 1719), died at the age of 6 months