Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon

Royal consort of France

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1635

Place of Birth: Niort, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 15-Apr-1719

Profession: lady-in-waiting, salonnière, correspondent

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (27 November 1635 – 15 April 1719) was the second wife of King Louis XIV of France.
She was known during her first marriage as Madame Scarron, and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon (UK: , US: , French: [madam d? m?~t(?)n?~] (listen)).
Her marriage to the king was never officially announced or admitted, and thus she was never considered queen of France.
Even so, she was very influential at court, and was one of the king's closest advisers.
She founded the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, a school for girls from poorer noble families, in 1684.