Louis XIV and his Mistresses

Not Just the Tudors

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🗓️ 17 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Louis XIV ruled France for more than 72 years, the longest recorded reign of any monarch of any sovereign country in history. Despite the devotion of his wife Maria Theresa of Spain, Louis took a series of mistresses, a number of them "official", with whom he had numerous illegitimate children. Yet, for the last three decades of his life, after Maria Theresa's death, he settled down more loyally with the Marquise de Maintenon. In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Suzannah Lipscomb finds out more about the powerful and fascinating women behind the throne of the Sun King, with Dr Linda Kiernan Knowles.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Professor Susanna Lipscomb.
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0:32.2	I'm Professor Susanna Lipscomb, host of the Not Just the Tudas podcast.
0:37.1	I want to tell you about a new podcast series, The Mystic and the Mayor.
0:42.0	As a historian, I'm fascinated by stories of witchcraft and magic.
0:47.1	For centuries, accusations of sorcery have brought down even the most rich and powerful.
0:52.7	But this isn't a story from the pages of distant history.
0:57.1	In February 24, in the glamorous French coastal town of Agde, a respected mayor was arrested for
1:04.7	corruption. His defence. He claims he was bewitched by the town's beautiful clairvoyant.
1:11.8	The case has got it all.
1:13.7	Phone calls from the Archangel Michael, seances where the dead speak through the living,
1:18.9	a mayor who believed he was receiving supernatural guidance.
1:23.5	Hosted by the broadcaster Anna Richardson,
1:26.7	The Mystic and the Mayor is a modern-day tale of sorcery
1:29.9	that could have come straight from the history books.
1:32.7	The dark arts, it seems, are alive and well in the 21st century.
1:37.6	Binge the whole series of The Mystic and the Mayor on Wondry Plus
1:41.8	through Apple Podcasts, Spotify or in the Wondry app.
1:49.7	Louis XIV presided over the grandest and most extravagant court in Europe.
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