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Ruinous Facts About Louise de la Vallière, The Maligned Mistress

Louise de la Vallière was one of King Louis XIV’s many mistresses but his only true love. Innocent and naïve, Louise waltzed—or limped—right into the King’s heart but then went running for the nunnery when...

May 10, 2022 Brendan Da Costa


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