Catherine Éléonore Bénard

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Catherine Éléonore Bénard (* 1740 in Versailles ; † 1769 there ) was the daughter of Pierre Bénard, the king's stable master. She was one of the ladies-in-waiting of Princess Marie Adélaïde (1732–1800), daughter of the French King Louis XV. He noticed her and made her his mistress . She died giving birth to their daughter and Princess Adélaïde took over the sponsorship of little Adélaïde.

literature

  • Sylvia Jurewitz-Freischmidt: Galantes Versailles - The mistresses at the court of the Bourbons. Katz Casimir Verlag, ISBN 3-925825-86-X