Governess of the Children of France
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In France, the Governess of the Children of France (sometimes the Governess of the Royal Children), was charged with the education of the children and grand children of the monarch. The holder of the office was taken from the highest ranking nobility of France. The governess was supported by various under governesses (sous gouvernantes).
Governesses of the Children of France
Children of Louis XIV
- 1661-1672 : Louise de Prie, (1624-1709), Marquise of Toucy, Duchess of Cardona
- 1669-1682 : Françoise d'AubignéFrançoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de MaintenonFrançoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon was the second wife of King Louis XIV of France. She was known during her first marriage as Madame Scarron, and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon...
(1635-1719), Marquise of Maintenon
Children of the Grand Dauphin
- 1682-1691 : Louise de Prie, (1624-1709), Marquise of Toucy, Duchess of Cardona.
Children of the Duke of Burgundy
- 1709-1710 : Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique de La Mothe-Houdancourt (1654-1726), Duchess of La Ferté-Senneterre
- 1710-1735 : Charlotte de La Mothe-HoudancourtMadame de VentadourCharlotte de La Motte Houdancourt, Duchess of Ventadour was the governess of King Louis XV of France, great-grandson of King Louis XIV. She is credited with saving Louis XV from the ministrations of the royal doctors when he was ill as a child...
, (1651-1744), Duchess of Ventadour
Children of Louis XV
- 1727-1735 : Charlotte de La Mothe-HoudancourtMadame de VentadourCharlotte de La Motte Houdancourt, Duchess of Ventadour was the governess of King Louis XV of France, great-grandson of King Louis XIV. She is credited with saving Louis XV from the ministrations of the royal doctors when he was ill as a child...
, (1654-1744), Duchess of Ventadour.- Anne Julie de MelunAnne Julie de MelunAnne Julie de Melun was a French noblewoman and mother of Charles de Rohan, the famous general of Louis XV as well as Madame de Marsan. She died of smallpox in her twenties.-Biography:...
acted as a sous gouvernante to Madame de Ventadour
- Anne Julie de Melun
- 1735-1754 : Marie Isabelle de RohanMarie Isabelle de RohanMarie Isabelle de Rohan was a French noblewoman and grand daughter of Madame de Ventadour. Marie Isabelle was the governess of the children of Louis XV and his consort Marie Leszczyńska.-Biography:Born in Paris the fourth child of five...
, (1699-1754), Duchess of Tallard
Children of Louis, Dauphin of France
- 1735-1754 : Marie Isabelle de RohanMarie Isabelle de RohanMarie Isabelle de Rohan was a French noblewoman and grand daughter of Madame de Ventadour. Marie Isabelle was the governess of the children of Louis XV and his consort Marie Leszczyńska.-Biography:Born in Paris the fourth child of five...
, (1699-1754), Duchess of Tallard - 1754-1776 : Marie Louise de Rohan, (1720-1803), Countess of Marsan
Children of Louis XVI
- 1776-1782 : Victoire de Rohan, (1743-1807), Princess of Guéméné
- 1782-1789 : Yolande de Polastron, (1749-1793), Duchess of Polignac.
- 1789-1792 : Louise Élisabeth de Croÿ, (1749-1832), Marquise of Tourzel.
Children of Louis Philippe I
- 1773-1791 : Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin (1746-1830), Countess of Genlis.