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History Tea Time

Louis XIV's Illegitimate Children

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

History

4.5566 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Louis XIV, King of France from 1638 to 1715 was, like all French Kings, expected to have many lovers to prove his virility. And as could be expected in a time before reliable birth control, he also had large a crop of illegitimate children. Last week we met 13 of Louis’ mistresses. Today we’ll meet the 16 resulting offspring: Marie Anne de Bourbon Louis, Count of Vermandois Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine Louis César, Count of Vexin Louise Françoise de Bourbon Françoise Marie de Bourbon Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan, Cardinal of Strasbourg Louise de Maisonblanche Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/#HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Emily, who were notorious for incest and the host of health problems and high infant mortality

0:47.4

that came along with it.

0:49.2

Her younger half-brother, King Charles II of Spain, was the most tragically inbred monarch in Europe.

0:56.8

King Louis was unimpressed with his bride upon their first meeting. Still, he remained faithful

1:03.4

to her for the first year of their marriage. She gave birth to a healthy son, Louis Grand Dolphine,

1:10.5

but in the years that followed, the

1:12.8

queen had five more children who all died tragically young. Anne Elizabeth and Marie

1:20.6

Anne were lost in infancy. Marie-Therese died from tuberculosis at five. Philippe Charle from a chest infection at 2, and

1:31.2

Louis-François in infancy.

1:34.1

While the Queen suffered the tragic deaths of her children, she also had to endure her husband

1:39.9

ignoring her in favor of his many mistresses. Maria Teresa couldn't bear to see the madame's

1:47.5

pregnant at court, but she doted on their children, eight of whom the king legitimized and awarded

1:55.0

grand titles. Charle de la Beaumne du Blanc was the first of King Louis' illegitimate children, born to

2:04.3

his first serious mistress, Louise de la Valliere. As the king's devout mother disapproved

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