Diane Adelaide de Mailly, Mademoiselle
de Montcavrel, Madame de Lauraguais, (1714-1769)
Born March 1714 Paris
Died 30 November 1769
Married January 1742
Louis II de Brancas, Duc de Lauraguais, Duc et pair de
Villars, son of Louis Antoine de Brancas, Duc de Villars
and Marie Angelique Fremyn
Born 5 May 1714 Paris
Died December 1793 Paris
Affaire with Louis XV, King of France 1715-1774, son of
Louis, Duc de Bourgogne and Princess Marie Adelaide de
Savoie
Born 15 February 1710 Versailles
Died 10 May 1774 Versailles
Mademoiselle de Montcavrel was just twenty when she married Louis de
Brancas, Duc de Villars et de Lauraguais, and became known as Madame de
Lauraguais. In 1739 her eldest sister, Madame de Mailly, became the mistress
of King Louis XV, only to be replaced by their sister Madame de Vintimille
who died in childbirth in 1741. It was then that their youngest sister,
Madame de La Tournelle, became the official 'maitresse en titre' and Duchesse
de Chateauroux. When three years
later the Duchesse de Chateauroux died, the king was left inconsolable
and depressed and turned temporarily to Madame de Lauraguais. Soon, however,
her place was taken by Madame de Pompadour.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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