La Vallière, Louise de la Baume le Blanc, duchesse de (1644-1700). Louis XIV's mistress from 1661 until she was supplanted by the more aggressive Montespan. She retired to a Carmelite convent in 1674; Bossuet preached a famous sermon when she took her vows the following year.
Duchesse de La Vallière
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La Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc de (lwēz fräNswäz' də lä bōm lə bläN də lä välyĕr'), 1644-1710, mistress of King Louis XIV of France. Maid of honor to Louis's sister-in-law, Henrietta of England, she became the king's mistress in 1661. She bore him four children, of whom two died in infancy. In 1667, by the same government act that legitimized her daughter, she was created duchess. She was replaced in the king's affections by Mme de Montespan. In 1674 she retired to a Carmelite convent and became celebrated for her piety.
Bibliography
See biography by J. Sanders (1959).
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La Val·lière (lä vəl-yĕr', vä-lyâr') 
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French noblewoman. The lover of Louis XIV, she had four children with him.
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