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Maintenon

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Main·te·non  (mt-nô, mt-nô), Marquise de Title of Françoise d'Aubigné. 1635-1719.
French consort of Louis XIV. The widow of French writer Paul Scarron, she secretly married the king (c. 1685) after the death of his first wife.
Maintenon (French) [mɛ̃tnɔ̃]
n
(Biographies / Maintenon, Marquise de (1635-1719) Fnational of birth: French, MISC: wife of Louis XIV) Marquise de, title of Françoise d'Aubigné. 1635-1719, the mistress and, from about 1685, second wife of Louis XIV
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Noun1.MaintenonMaintenon - French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719)
Francoise d'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon, Marquise de Maintenon


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When Louis XIV had finished the Grand Trianon, he told Maintenon he had created a Paradise for her, and asked if she could think of anything now to wish for.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Perhaps the little woman thought she might play the part of a Maintenon or a Pompadour.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
"Come, my dear Albert," said Debray, "confess that your cook is behindhand, that the oysters have not arrived from Ostend or Marennes, and that, like Madame de Maintenon, you are going to replace the dish by a story.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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