Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle

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Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle

Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Lauraguais (born February 11, 1713 in Paris , † February 20, 1760 there ) was a mistress of the French King Louis XV.

Life

Diane-Adélaïde was the third daughter of Louis III. de Mailly-Neslé (1689–1767) and his wife Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin (1691–1729), granddaughter of Hortensia Mancini . Her older sisters were Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, comtesse de Mailly , Pauline-Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, marquise de Vintimille and Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Châteauroux, who was four years younger . Except for their twin sister Hortense-Félicité (1713–1759) they all served at the French court and were mistresses of the king. With the intercession of her two sisters, Louise Julie and Pauline Félicité, Diane-Adélaïde came to Versailles . She stood as a maid of honor in the service of Queen Maria Leszczyńska and so was Louis XV. noticed her and took her as his mistress, without having ended the relationship with the older sisters. The king's spending a night with Diane-Adélaïde and a sister caused a scandal that led to the dismissal of Diane-Adélaïde from the service of the Queen. On January 19, 1742, Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle married the eccentric royal advisor Louis II. De Brancas , duc de Lauraguais (1714–1794) in Paris . The couple's domicile, now known as the Palais Brancas-Lauraguais , Hôtel de Lassay, was one of the most highly regarded private buildings of the mid- century. Diane-Adélaïde was a bibliophile and left behind an important collection of books, the covers of which bear the Diane Adélaïde coat of arms on the covers.

literature

  • Sylvia Jurewitz-Freischmidt: Galant Versailles. The mistresses at the court of the Bourbons . Katz Casimir, Gernsbach 2004, ISBN 3-925825-86-X .
personal data
SURNAME Mailly-Nesle, Diane-Adélaïde de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mailly-Nesle, Diane Adélaïde de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mistress of the French King Louis XV.
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1713
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1760
Place of death Paris