Montespan


Mon·tes·pan

biographical name \mōⁿ-tes-ˈpäⁿ, ˈmän-tə-ˌspan\

Definition of MONTESPAN

Marquise de 1641–1707 née (Françoise-Athénaïs ) Rochechouart de Mortemart mistress of Louis XIV

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