This page contains a listing of notable French royal mistresses.
Clovis I
Evochilde
Chlothar I
Waldrada, Princess of the Lombards
Valtrude of the Lombards
Arnegundis
Charibert I
Merofleda
Clothilde
Marcovefa
Theogilda
Chilperic I
Fredgunde d'Ardennes
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, but had children
Philip VI
Béatrice de la Berruère (1294 – 1348)
Charles V
Biette de Cassine (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 ou Phélise Régnard (c. 1425 – 1475)
Marguerite de Sassenage (c. 1424 – 1471)
Francis I
Marie Gaudin, dame de La Bourdaisière, she is the ancestor of Gabrielle d'Estrées
Françoise de Foix (1495–1537), countess of Châteaubriant
Mary Boleyn (1504–1543) (disputed), eldest sister of Anne Boleyn and of George Boleyn, later mistress of Henry VIII of England
Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508–1580), duchess of Étampes
La Belle Ferronnière
Claude de Rohan-Gyé, countess of Tonnerre and of Thoury
La Châtelaine de Montfrault
Henry II
Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566)
Jane Fleming (or Jane Stewart) (c. 1508 – c. 1553)
Filippa Duci (ca 1520 - ?)
Nicole de Savigny (1535–1590), baroness of Fontette
Charles IX
Marie Touchet (c. 1553 – 1638)
Henry III
Louise de La Béraudière du Rouhet
Renée de Rieux de Châteauneuf
Veronica Franco (1546–1591)
Marie de Clèves, 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:
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 du Rouhet, called « La belle Rouet », mistress in 1575, girl 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,girl of honour of Catherine de' Medici
Mlle Rebours, mistress in 1579, girl 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, girl of honour of Queen Margaret. She had one stillborn daughter with the king in 1581.
Diane d'Andoins, called « la belle Corisande » (c. 1554 – c 1584)
Esther Imbert (or Ysambert), mistress 1587 – 1488. 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
Gabrielle d'Estrées (c. 1571 – 1599), mistress 1591 – 1599
Mme Quelin, mistress in 1598
Isabelle Potier, mistress 1598 – 1599
Mlle Clein, mistress in 1599
« La Glandée », mistress in 1599
Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579–1633), marquise of Verneuil, mistress 1599 – 1609
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
Marie-Charlotte de Balzac d’Entragues, mistress 1605 – 1609
Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmorency (1594–1650), princess of Condé, possible mistress 1609 – 1610
Angélique Paulet, mistress in 1610
Louis XIII
Purely platonic lovers:
Marie de Hautefort (1616–1691)
Louise de La Fayette (1616–1665)
Louis XIV
Catherine Bellier (1614–1689), baroness of Beauvais
Olympe Mancini (1638–1708)
Lucie de la Motte-Argencourt
Mademoiselle de Marivault
Marie Mancini (1639–1715)
A gardener's daughter who gave birth to a daughter
Hortense Mancini (1646–1699)
Henrietta Anne of England (1644–1670), his sister-in-law
Louise de La Vallière (1644–1710), duchess of Vaujours
Anne-Lucie de la Mothe-Houdancourt (1641–1709)
Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont (1639–1678), princess of Monaco
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1640–1707), marquise of Montespan
Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1633–1693), marquise of Thianges; sister of the above;
Anne de Rohan-Chabot (1648–1709), princess of Soubise
Françoise d'Aubigné (1635–1719), marquise of Maintenon
Claude de Vin des Œillets (c. 1637 – 1687)
Isabelle de Ludres (1647–1722)
Marie Angélique de Scoraille de Roussille (1661–1681), duchess of Fontanges
Charlotte-Éléonore Madeleine de la Motte Houdancourt, Duchesse de Ventadour (1654–1744)
Louis XV
Louise Julie de Mailly (1710–1751), countess of Mailly
Pauline-Félicité de Mailly (1712–1741), marquise of Vintimille
Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly (1713–1760), duchess of Lauraguais
Marie-Anne de Mailly (1717–1744), marquise of La Tournelle, duchess of Châteauroux
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (1721–1764), marquise of Pompadour
Jeanne Bécu (1743–1793), countess du Barry
Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737–1815)
Françoise de Châlus (1734–1821), duchess of Narbonne-Lara
Marguerite-Catherine Haynault (1736–1823), marquise of Montmélas
Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing (1743–1826)
Anne Couppier de Romans (1737–1808), baroness of Meilly-Coulonge
Louise-Jeanne Tiercelin de La Colleterie (1746–1779), called Madame de Bonneval
Irène du Buisson de Longpré (? - 1767)
Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769)
Marie Thérèse Françoise Boisselet (1731–1800)
Marie Anne de Mailly-Rubempré, marquess of Coislin (1732–1817)
Napoleon I
Marie Walewska (1786–1816), Polish countess
Louis XVIII
Anne Nompar de Caumont la Force, countess of Balbi, baronness of Montfaucon (when Louis XVIII was still count of Provence)
Zoé Talon (1785–1852), countess of Cayla
Charles X
Rosalie Duthé, equally mistress of Philippe Égalité
Louise d'Esparbès de Lussan, countess of Polastron
Aglaé de Polignac, duchess of Guiche, daughter of the duchess of Polignac
Louis Philippe I
Rosalie Duthé (1748–1830)
Napoleon III
Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
Marie-Anne Walewska
Marguerite Bellanger
