Catherine Bellier
Catherine-Henriette Bellier, comtesse de Beauvais (* 1614 - † June 7, 1689 in the Hôtel de Beauvais in Paris ), also known as Cateau la Borgnesse or Madame de Beauvais , was a chambermaid at the royal court and mistress of the French King Louis XIV.
Life
Catherine-Henriette was Martin Bellier's daughter. She married the Comte Pierre de Beauvais († 1685). She was the first chambermaid and confidante of the French Queen Anna of Austria .
Madame de Beauvais was not a beauty, but she introduced her son, Louis XIV, to love on behalf of the Queen Mother (1657). She seems to have done it with success, because much later she was received again and again by the Sun King and received a pension of 2000 livres from him . Her residence was the Hôtel de Beauvais in what is now the 4th arrondissement
See also List of Mistresses of the Kings of France
literature
- L'Hôtel de Beauvais , ed. by the Association pour la Sauvegarde et la Mise en valeur du Paris historique , Paris undated
- Sylvia Jurewitz-Freischmidt: Mistresses of the Louvre - France's regents Marie de Medici and Anne d'Autriche. Katz Casimir, ISBN 3-9258-2598-3 . [not evaluated]
- Sylvia Jurewitz-Freischmidt: Galant Versailles. The mistresses at the court of the Bourbons. Katz Casimir, ISBN 3-9258-2586-x . [not evaluated]
- Oliver Mallick: "Le principal passage pour aller à la ville de Dom Anna": Mme de Beauvais et la charge de première femme de chambre de la reine (1646-1666). In: Caroline zum Kolk, Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier (eds.): Femmes à la cour de France. Charges et fonctions (XV e -XIX e siècle) , Septentrion, Villeneuve d'Ascq 2018, pp. 107–125. (not evaluated)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bellier, Catherine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bellier, Catherine-Henriette; Cateau la Borgnese; Madame de Beauvais |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mistress of the French King Louis XIV. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1614 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1689 |
| Place of death | Paris |