The Secret Wife of King Louis XIV: Cinderella Goes Rogue | 91
Even The Royals
Wondery
4.4 • 844 Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In part one, Françoise d’Aubigné was barely a blip on Paris’s radar—she was poor, overlooked, and treated like a second-class citizen. But everything changes when she befriends one of Louis XIV’s most powerful mistresses. Suddenly, she’s not just in the royal circle—she’s in the king’s arms. There’s just one problem: her friend doesn’t like to share. But Françoise has fallen in love with the king, and she won’t give up without a fight.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to Even the Royals early and ad-free right now. |
| 0:04.1 | Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:07.9 | A quick note about our show. |
| 0:09.3 | We do a lot of research for our stories, but we also aren't your high school history class. |
| 0:13.0 | So some details and scenes are dramatized. |
| 0:15.8 | And like a queen who can't get her Pana Chocolat, we might swear. |
| 0:20.4 | Listeners, be advised. |
| 0:28.6 | It's April 1675 in Paris. |
| 0:31.6 | 39-year-old Francoise is quietly sneaking down a dark hallway in the royal palace. |
| 0:36.9 | She looks over her shoulder to make sure |
| 0:38.6 | she's not being followed, then hides behind a heavy drape. She fixes her eyes on the door across |
| 0:43.9 | the way. Then she waits. Moments later, the door opens and King Louis XIVs steps out of a |
| 0:52.4 | darkened room. Francois's heart does a flip. Almost six months ago, she and King Louis XIVs steps out of a darkened room. Francois's heart does a flip. |
| 0:56.2 | Almost six months ago, she and King Louis the 14th of France started a secret affair. |
| 1:01.1 | She's not the king's only mistress, but her relationship with Louis has brought her a taste |
| 1:05.5 | of the high life. |
| 1:06.8 | She's in the it circles at court, has enough money to buy her own country home, and lives in the palace. |
| 1:12.6 | And those aren't the only perks. |
| 1:14.3 | Recently, he even gave her a title, the Marquis du Mentinin. |
| 1:18.5 | Which is a big deal because it signals to the court that Francoise is officially one of them. |
| 1:25.3 | She never imagined her life would come this far from her humble beginnings, begging for food |
| 1:29.9 | and sleeping on cold floors. |
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