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).
Children of the Grand Dauphin
1682-1691 : Louise de Prie, (1624-1709), Marquise of Toucy, Duchess of Cardona.
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
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
1735-1754 : Marie Isabelle de Rohan, (1699-1754), Duchess of Tallard
1754-1776 : Marie Louise de Rohan, (1720-1803), Countess of Marsan
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.
1811-1815 : Louise Charlotte Françoise Le Tellier de Montesquiou, (1765-1835), Countess.
1773-1791 : Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin (1746-1830), Countess of Genlis.
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