Plot
The life of the Marquise de Maintenon, who was the wife of the poet Scarron before becoming, under the seal of a secret marriage, the wife of King Louis XIV.
Cast
as Duchesse de Bourgogne
as Cabart de Villemont
as Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
as Louis XIV
as Paul Scarron
as Louis de Mornay, marquis de Villarceaux
as Françoise-Athénaïs de Montespan
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
January 1, 1996
Last Aired Date
January 2, 1996
Production Companies
Société Française de Production (SFP)
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
2
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1996|2 Episodes
This 2-part TV movie traces the life of Françoise d'Aubigné, who became Madame de Maintenon. After a brief introduction to her early life, the story takes shape with her marriage to the satirical poet Paul Scarron, and continues through to her prodigious rise to the court of Louis XIV, whose morganatic wife she became in 1683 at the age of 48. The film focuses in particular on her period as governess to the illegitimate children Madame de Montespan had with the king, and her stormy relationship with the Marquise, who could not bear to see the king become increasingly unreasonably attached to her. The film ends with her death at Saint-Cyr on April 15, 1719.
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