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Governess of the Children of France

The Governess of the Children of France (sometimes the Governess of the Royal Children) was charged with the education of the children and grandchildren of the monarch. The holder of the office was taken from the highest ranking nobility of France. The governess was supported by various under-governesses (sous gouvernantes).

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Henry II of France

  • Claude Catherine de Clermont (1543-1603), Duchess of Retz.

    • Children of Louis XIII

  • Françoise de Lansac (1583-1657).

    • Children of Louis XIV

  • 1661-1672 : Louise de Prie, (1624-1709), Marquise of Toucy, Duchess of Cardona
  • 1669-1682 : Françoise d'Aubigné (1635-1719), Marquise of Maintenon

    • Children of the Grand Dauphin

  • 1682-1691 : Louise de Prie, (1624-1709), Marquise of Toucy, Duchess of Cardona.

    • Children of the Duke of Burgundy

  • 1709-1710 : Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique de La Mothe-Houdancourt (1654-1726), Duchess of La Ferté-Senneterre
  • 1710-1735 : Charlotte de La Mothe-Houdancourt, (1651-1744), Duchess of Ventadour

    • Children of Louis XV

  • 1727-1735 : Charlotte de La Mothe-Houdancourt, (1654-1744), Duchess of Ventadour.
  • Anne Julie de Melun acted as a sous gouvernante to Madame de Ventadour
  • 1735-1754 : Marie Isabelle de Rohan, (1699-1754), Duchess of Tallard

    • Children of Louis, Dauphin of France

  • 1735-1754 : Marie Isabelle de Rohan, (1699-1754), Duchess of Tallard
  • 1754-1776 : Marie Louise de Rohan, (1720-1803), Countess of Marsan

    • Children of Louis XVI

  • 1776-1782 : Victoire de Rohan, (1743-1807), Princess of Guéméné
  • 1782-1789 : Yolande de Polastron, (1749-1793), Duchess of Polignac.
  • 1789-1792 : Louise Élisabeth de Croÿ, (1749-1832), Marquise of Tourzel.

    • Children of Napoleon I

  • 1811-1815 : Louise Charlotte Françoise Le Tellier de Montesquiou, (1765-1835), Countess.

    • Children of Louis Philippe I

  • 1773-1791 : Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin (1746-1830), Countess of Genlis.

    • References

    Governess of the Children of France Wikipedia
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