List of French royal mistresses

This article contains a listing of notable French royal mistresses.

Chlothar I

 * Waldrada, Princess of the Lombards
 * Arnegundis

Charibert I

 * Merofleda
 * Clothilde
 * Marcovefa
 * Theogilda

Chilperic I

 * Fredgunde d'Ardennes (d. 597), mistress, then wife

Dagobert I

 * Regintrude of Austrasia
 * Berthilde

Charlemagne

 * Gersuinda of the Saxons
 * Amaltrud of Vienne
 * Ethelind
 * Sigrade
 * Madelgard
 * Regina
 * Landrade des Herbages
 * Adelindus

Louis the Pious

 * Theodelinde of Sens

Louis the Stammerer

 * Luitgrade of Saxony
 * Adelheid of Paris

Charles the Simple

 * Edgiva of Kent
 * Frederuna von Ringleheim

Philip I

 * Bertrade de Montfort (c. 1070 – c. 1116): marriage not recognised by the Church

Louis VI

 * Marie de Breuillet

Louis X

 * Unknown woman, with whom he had a daughter, Eudeline.

Philip VI

 * Béatrice de la Berruère (1294–1348)

Charles V

 * Biette de Cassinel (c. 1340 – c. 1380)
 * Unknown, mother of Oudard d'Attainville (1360 – ?).

Charles VI

 * Odette de Champdivers (c. 1384 – 1424)

Charles VII

 * Agnès Sorel (c. 1422 – 1450)
 * Antoinette de Maignelais (c. 1430 – c. 1461)

Louis XI

 * Félize Régnard (c. 1425 – 1475)
 * Marguerite de Sassenage (c. 1424 – 1471)

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)

 * Françoise de Foix (1495–1537), countess of Châteaubriant
 * Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508–1580), duchess of Étampes

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

 * Marie Gaudin (1490 or 1495–1580), dame de La Bourdaisière, she was the ancestor of Gabrielle d'Estrées
 * Mary Boleyn (1499–1543) (disputed), eldest sister of Anne Boleyn and of George Boleyn, later mistress of Henry VIII of England
 * La Belle Ferronnière
 * Claude de Rohan-Gyé (1519–1579), countess of Tonnerre and of Thoury
 * La Châtelaine de Montfrault

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)

 * Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566)

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

 * Jane Fleming (or Jane Stewart) (c. 1508 – c. 1553)
 * Filippa Duci (c. 1520 –?)
 * Nicole de Savigny (1535–1590), baroness of Fontette

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

 * Marie Touchet (c. 1553 – 1638)

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

 * Louise de La Béraudière du Rouhet
 * Renée de Rieux de Châteauneuf
 * Veronica Franco (1546–1591)
 * Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé
 * Jeanne de Laval, dame de Senneterre (1549–1586)
 * Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière, mother of Gabrielle d'Estrées

Henry IV
This list includes historically recognised and popularly attributed mistresses:

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)

 * Gabrielle d'Estrées (c. 1571–1599), mistress 1591–1599
 * Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579–1633), marquise of Verneuil, mistress 1599–1609

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

 * Fleurette de Nérac, vers 1571–1572, fille d’un jardinier de Nérac
 * Charlotte de Sauve (c. 1551–1617), mistress in 1572.
 * Bretine de Duras, mistress 1573–1574
 * Louise de la Béraudière, called « La belle Rouet », mistress in 1575, maid of honour of Queen Margaret
 * Louise Borré, mistress 1575–1576, daughter of a royal notary. She gave him a son, Hervé (1576–1643)
 * Jeanne de Tignonville, mistress 1577–1578
 * Victoire de Ayala, mistress in 1578, maid of honour of Catherine de' Medici
 * Mlle Rebours, mistress in 1579, maid of honour of Queen Margaret
 * Mlle de Montagu, mistress in 1579
 * Mme d’Allous, mistress in 1579
 * Aimée Le Grand, mistress in 1579
 * Arnaudine, mistress in 1579
 * La garce de Goliath », mistress in 1579
 * Catherine de Luc, mistress in 1579. She died of hunger when Henry abandoned her, leaving behind their child.
 * Anne de Cambefort, mistress in 1579. She committed suicide by jumping out of a window after Henry left her
 * Françoise de Montmorency (1566–6 December 1641), mistress 1579–1581, maid of honour of Queen Margaret. She had one stillborn daughter with the king in 1581.
 * Diane d'Andouins, called « la belle Corisande » (c. 1554 – c. 1584)
 * Esther Imbert (or Ysambert), mistress 1587–1588. She had two sons with Henry.
 * Martine, rochelaise, en 1587. She had one child with Henry.
 * Antoinette de Pons (1570–1632), marquess of Guercheville
 * Catherine de Verdun
 * Mme Quelin, mistress in 1598
 * Isabelle Potier, mistress 1598–1599
 * Mlle Clein, mistress in 1599
 * La Glandée, mistress in 1599
 * Marie-Françoise de La Bourdaisière, sister of Gabrielle d’Estrées, mistress in 1599
 * Jacqueline de Bueil (c. 1580–1651)
 * Charlotte des Essarts (c. 1580–1651), mistress 1607–1609
 * Angélique Paulet, mistress in 1610

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)

 * 1661–1667: Louise de La Vallière (1644–1710), duchess of Vaujours
 * 1667–1681: Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1640–1707), marquise of Montespan
 * 1678–1681: Marie Angélique de Scoraille de Roussille (1661–1681), duchess of Fontanges
 * 1683–1715: Françoise d'Aubigné (1635–1719), marquise of Maintenon. Not really a mistress but a secret morganatic wife

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

 * Catherine Bellier (1614–1689) baroness of Beauvais, between 1652–1654
 * Olympe Mancini (1638–1708) in 1654–1657 and 1660-1661
 * Anne-Madeleine de Conty d'Argencourt in 1658
 * Marie Mancini (1639–1715) in 1658–1659; not a mistress but a platonic love
 * Name unknown: a gardener's daughter who gave birth to a daughter in 1660
 * Henrietta Anne of England (1644–1670) his sister-in-law, probably platonic, in 1660–1661
 * Bonne de Pons d'Heudicourt (1641–1709) in 1665
 * Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont (1639–1678) princess of Monaco in 1665
 * Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1633–1693), marquise of Thianges; sister of madame de Montespan
 * Anne de Rohan-Chabot (1648–1709), princess of Soubise, on-and-off in 1669–1675
 * Claude de Vin des Œillets (c. 1637 – 1687) in 1670–1676
 * Diane-Gabrielle de Damas de Thianges (1656-1715) in 1670–1673; daughter of madame de Thianges and niece of madame de Montespan
 * Lydie de Rochefort-Théobon (1638-1708) in 1673–1677
 * Isabelle de Ludres (1647–1722) in 1675–1678
 * Marie-Charlotte de Castelnau, comtesse de Louvigny et duchesse de Gramont (c. 1648 – 1694) in 1676–1677
 * Marie-Madeleine Agnès de Gontaut Biron, marquise de Nogaret (1653–1724) in 1680–1683
 * Louise-Elisabeth Rouxel dite Mme de Grancey (1653–1711) in 1681
 * Jeanne de Rouvroy, marquise de Chevrières (1650–1689) in 1681
 * Françoise Thérèse de Voyer de Dorée, Mlle d’Oré, in 1681
 * Marie-Antoinette de Rouvroy, comtesse d’Oisy (1660–1721) in 1681
 * Marie-Rosalie de Piennes, future marquise de Châtillon (1665–1735) in 1681
 * Mme de Saint-Martin in 1682
 * Marie-Louise de Montmorency-Laval, duchesse de Roquelaure (1657–1735) in 1683
 * Julie de Guenami, dite Mlle de Châteaubriant (1668–1710) in 1683 (possibly only a rumour)

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)

 * 1732–1742: Louise Julie, Comtesse de Mailly
 * 1739–1741: Pauline-Félicité de Mailly
 * 1742–1745: Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly
 * 1742–1744: Marie Anne de Mailly-Nesle
 * 1745–1764: Madame de Pompadour
 * 1769–1774: Madame du Barry

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)
After 1755, unofficial lovers of the king who did not belong to the nobility were often kept at the Parc-aux-Cerfs.


 * 1738: NN, a butcher's daughter in Versailles
 * 1738: Thérèse-Eulalie de Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire (1705–1739), marquise de Beuvron
 * 1738: Marie-Anne de Vougny (1716–1783) Madame Amelot
 * 1748: Anne-Marie de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1729–1760), princesse de Robecq.
 * 1748: Marie-Anne-Françoise de Noailles, comtesse de La Marck (1719–1793).
 * 1749: Elisabeth-Charlotte Huguet de Sémonville (1715–1784), comtesse d'Estrades.
 * 1749: Marie-Françoise de Carbonnel de Canisy (1725–1796), marquise d’Antin puis comtesse de Forcalquier.
 * 1750: Alexandrine Sublet d'Heudicourt, (1721–1800) marquise de Belsunce.
 * 1750: Françoise de Chalus, duchesse de Narbonne-Lara, première femme de chambre de la duchesse de Parme (1734–1821).
 * 1750–1750: Irène du Buisson de Longpré (d. 1767)
 * 1750–1751: Marie Geneviève Radix de Sainte-Foy (1729–1809)
 * 1752: Mlle Trusson, femme de chambre de la dauphine Marie-Josèphe de Saxe.
 * 1752: Jeanne-Marguerite de Niquet (fl. 1732–1795) dite Mlle de Niquet.
 * 1752: Mlle de Saint-André
 * 1752–1755: Thérèse Guerbois
 * 1752–1752: Charlotte Rosalie de Choiseul-Beaupré (1733–1753)
 * 1752–1754: Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737–1815)
 * 1755–1755: Françoise de Chalus (1734–1821), duchess of Narbonne-Lara
 * 1755–1757: Brigitte O'Murphy (1729–1793)
 * 1755: Mlle Fouquet, daughter of a hairdresser
 * 1755: Mlle Robert
 * 1755–1759: Mlle David
 * 1755–1759: Mlle Armory, « Mimi», daughter of a ballet dancer
 * 1756: Gabrielle-Charlotte Françoise d‘Hénin-Liétard (1729–1809), vicomtesse de Cambis, née princesse de Chimay
 * 1756: Dorothée, daughter of a water carrier in Strasbourg.
 * 1756: Mlle Selin
 * 1757–1757: Marie Anne de Coislin (1732–1817)
 * 1758: Marie-Louise de Marny (fl. 1737 – fl. 1793), Madame de Giambone
 * 1759: Marie-Madeleine Couppier de Romans, Madame Varnier
 * 1759–1762: Marguerite-Catherine Haynault (1736–1823), marquise of Montmelas
 * 1760–1763: Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing (1743–1826)
 * 1760–1765: Anne Couppier de Romans (1737–1808), baroness of Meilly-Coulonge
 * 1762–1765: Louise-Jeanne Tiercelin de La Colleterie (1746–1779), called Madame de Bonneval
 * 1763–1765: Anne Thoinard de Jouy (1739–1825)
 * 1763: Marie-Françoise-Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord (1727–1775), comtesse de Périgord
 * 1764: Béatrix de Choiseul-Stainville, duchesse de Gramont (1730–1794)
 * 1764: Louise Jeanne Marie de Courtarvel de Pezé (1733–1789), marquise de Dreux-Brézé
 * 1763–1765: Anne Thoynard de Jouy, comtesse d’Esparbès de Lussan (1739–1825)
 * 1765: Marie-Adélaïde de Bullioud (1743–1793), comtesse de Séran
 * 1768–1768: Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769)
 * 1768–1768: Marie Thérèse Françoise Boisselet (1731–1800)
 * 1768: Jeanne-Marguerite Salvetat (1748–1838), actress
 * 1771: "demoiselle de Smith"
 * 1771: Madame Bèche, wife of a musician of the royal chapel
 * 1771: Françoise-Marie-Antoinette de Saucerotte (1756–1815), Mademoiselle Raucourt, actress
 * 1772: Madame d’Amerval
 * 1773: Rose-Marie-Hélène de Tournon (1757–1782), vicomtesse du Barry
 * 1774–1774: Albertine-Elisabeth Pater (1742–1817)
 * Date unknown: Marthe-Antoinette Aubry de Vatan (1720 – after 1777)
 * Date unknown: Mme de Grandis, Mme de Martinville, Mlle de Ville, courtesan
 * Date unknown: Mme de Beaunier, Mlle de Malignan, Mme de Salis

Napoleon I

 * 1806–1808: Eléonore Denuelle
 * 1809–1810: Marie Walewska

Official mistresses (maîtresse-en-titre)

 * Zoé Victoire Talon, comtesse du Cayla

Unofficial mistresses (petite maîtresse)

 * 1780–1791: Anne Jacobée Nompar

Charles X

 * Rosalie Duthé; equally mistress of Philippe Égalité
 * Louise d'Esparbès de Lussan
 * Aglaé de Polignac

Napoleon III

 * 1856–1857: Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
 * 1857–1861: Marie-Anne Walewska
 * 1863–1870: Marguerite Bellanger