This article is continued from the previous article: Fratricidal Sisters - A Family of Mistresses in France (Part 1)
In 11742, Louise healed her scars and forgot about the pain, and she took her three remaining sisters into the court one after another. . The three sisters are: 28-year-old third sister Diana, 27-year-old fourth sister Ortons, and 25-year-old younger sister Mary Anne. Among the three sisters, the third sister, Diana, was the most ordinary-looking and short and fat. Under Louise's arrangement, she became the Crown Princess's maid.
The emotional relationship between Louis XV and Louise was already relatively fragile. Since the death of his favorite mistress Paulina, Louis XV has changed from an innocent boy to a greasy uncle and a perverted old man. As soon as he saw Diana, who looked quite similar to Paulina, he made a wrong idea. After several seductions, Louis XV fell in love with her. During this period, Louise and Diana were two mistresses in parallel.
(eldest sister Louise)
However, Diana's favor was short-lived. In her short career as a mistress, she had not had time to reap any benefits, and Louis XV soon got tired of her. To Louis XV, Diana was nothing more than fast-food bedding. It was not very tasty and could only be used to satisfy hunger, and was thrown away after use. Seeing that there was no hope of favor, in January 1743, the 29-year-old Diana married the widowed Duke of Blanca. She died of illness in 1769.
Louis XV's eyes were quickly attracted by the gentle and lovely fourth sister Ortens. Ortans had married the Marquis of Fravacour as early as 1739. The couple had a very good relationship and had two children. This time, he was called into the palace by his eldest sister Louise and became the queen's maid.
At this time, Louis XV has become a habitual offender, loves to chase after women, and conquers women invincibly. After several teases, he hit a wall in front of Ortense. Altans was committed to her marriage and refused to follow the same path as her sisters. Moreover, her husband, the Marquis de Fravacour, had made harsh words early on. If his wife dared to imitate her sisters, he would kill her at all costs.
Eventually, Louis XV gave up his pursuit of Ortans. Ortans became the queen's maid in September 1742. She worked conscientiously in her job and respected the queen very much. Until the death of Louis XV in 1774, she served the French court for a full 32 years and won the queen's favor. Trust and recognition.
(Queen Marie of Louis XV)
When the storm of French Revolution swept the entire country, Ortans, who was nearly eighty years old, showed considerable courage and calmness and was released after being imprisoned for several months. Live your old age in peace. She was the only one of the five Nelle sisters who did not sleep with Louis XV, and she was also the only one who lived to Napoleon era and died.
Louis XV turned his attention to his youngest sister, Marie Anne. Mary Anne was born in October 1717. She was the youngest daughter in the family. She was blond, dignified and elegant, and the most beautiful woman among the five Naylor sisters. Mary Anne married the Marquis of Tournelle when she was 17 years old, but the marriage only lasted a short time. Her husband died and left her a large inheritance. They had no children.
Mary Anne, who has become a wealthy widow, has a happy life. She is in love with the Duke of Aiguillon and dismisses the king's pursuit. Facing this thorny rose, Louis XV fell into lovesickness. The Duke of Aiguillon was really a hindrance. How to remove this stumbling block? There is a method, that is: send him to fight and let him die on the battlefield.
Therefore, Louis XV sent the Duke of Aiguillon to participate in the Austrian throne succession battle. In a failed siege, the Duke of Aiguillon bravely charged and survived, and actually came back alive. Louis XV was disappointed. It doesn’t matter, there are so many opportunities, and as long as you target the weaknesses of human nature, there is no chance of failure.
(younger sister Mary Anne)
Soon, Louis XV sent the Duke of Aiguillon to serve in other provinces, and arranged for a beautiful woman to seduce him. How can a normal man not accept a beautiful woman who comes to his door? The Duke of Aiguillon was indeed fooled. Surveillance and cameras had not been invented at that time, otherwise the Duke Aiguillon's nude photos would have spread throughout the palace, but the love letters they exchanged were still sent to Ma Anneli.
Mary Anne looked at this disgusting love letter and had a nervous breakdown. As expected, the man didn’t have a good thing, so she immediately said goodbye to him. Faced with the pursuit of Louis XV, she felt that men are far less reliable than money, and love is a beautiful soap bubble that looks extremely gorgeous and disappears when the wind blows. Mary Anne thought about it again and again, and gave Louis XV a list, setting out her conditions:
would never be a secret mistress, and the king must pursue her openly; she would officially replace her eldest sister Louise as the official mistress; all treatment would be given to Louis Madame de Montespan, the official mistress of the 14th , was the same... Louis XV was extremely surprised when he received the list, but the impulse in his lower body defeated his reason, and he agreed to all Marie Anne's requests without hesitation.
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We have to praise Mary Anne's mature wit, She has a very thorough understanding of men. There are a lot of men who play with women under the guise of "love". They often use the lowest price in the name of love to trick women into paying the highest sunk costs . As for whether they should be responsible, let's just put on our pants. Instead of wasting your time foolishly, it is better to think calmly about what you want.
In December 11742, Mary Anne became the second official mistress of Louis XV. Louise paid the price for her kindness and ignorance. She left the Palace of Versailles in tears.Versailles. In a relationship between the sexes, it makes a big difference whether a woman has a brain or not. The brainless Louise became the jack of all trades, while her sister Mary Anne became the apple of Louis XV's eye.
In order to completely cut off the eldest sister's way of returning to the palace to regain favor, Mary Anne persuaded Louis XV to further exile the eldest sister who had been expelled from the Palace of Versailles. In despair, Louise had nowhere to go and had to live in a monastery. In 1751, Louise, who was only 41 years old, died of poverty and illness. I wonder if she thought about the story of the farmer and the snake before she died.
(The life of the eldest sister Louise came to a gloomy end)
After Mary Anne entered the palace, she was much loved . In 1743, she received a small principality of Chateauroux with an annual income of 80,000 livres, and was named Duchess, known as Chateau. Mrs. Lu. In the same year, Cardinal Fleury, the prime minister who held the real power in France, passed away, and Marie Anne became Louis XV's most trusted confidant. As her position became more stable, Mary Anne began to carefully organize her own palace forces. She was also as ambitious as her second sister Paulina.
Louis XV did not like to deal with government affairs. He was indecisive and had no clear boundaries between family affairs and state affairs. As her status in the court rose rapidly, Mary Anne's political ambitions also became lofty.
At this time, the Austrian Succession War was in the intermission stage. Mary Anne changed the peace policy of former Prime Minister Fleury and urged France to participate in the Second Silesian War in the second half of the war after the succession to the throne. If the later Madame Pompadour pushed France into the Seven Years' War , then it can also be said that Mary Anne pushed France into the Second Silesian War.
(The handsome Louis XV)
In the War of Austrian Succession, France lost the battle and was forced to cede territory for peace, suffering heavy losses. Marie Anne and later Madame de Pompadour were both women with lofty political ambitions but no corresponding talents. However, they still held high positions of power, and the king obeyed their words. For women like this to interfere in politics is simply a disaster for the French.
Louis XV loved hunting, and he often went hunting at the royal hunting grounds near Paris. In the autumn of 1744, he came to this royal hunting ground as usual. There was a Madame Thiole, who was extremely beautiful, and lived near the hunting ground. In order to attract the king's attention, she bribed a royal guard to obtain the king's accurate route in advance, and then dressed up to create opportunities for chance encounters on the king's only path.
Her beauty indeed attracted the attention of Louis XV, and the king gave her the venison he had just brought. This matter finally reached Mary Anne's ears, Both women are green tea masters, and they can smell each other's smell from ten miles away. Mary Anne was furious, and immediately found out the lady's address, and went to warn her in person.
(Louis XV is hunting)
This noble lady is named Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, and she is the wife of the financier Thiole. She was born with beautiful appearance, noble temperament, dignity and elegance. Mary Anne felt threatened for the first time. After returning to the palace, she felt anxious. Fortunately, the king seemed to have forgotten this beauty and was still focused on herself. Mary Anne breathed a sigh of relief.
On December 8, 11744, Mary Anne suddenly felt severe pain in her abdomen, shouted "I've been poisoned," and instantly her face twisted and she collapsed to the ground. didn't even have time to say a word before he stopped breathing in the astonishment of everyone. It is completely unknown whether was poisoned or whether he died of an emergency and natural death. Later people judged that it was acute peritonitis .
After the death of Marie Anne, Louis XV was really depressed for a period of time. Although the third sister Diana and the fourth sister Ortans are still serving in the palace, the influence of the Nelle sisters in the French court has dissipated.
One unbearably lonely night, Louis XV suddenly remembered the beautiful woman he met unexpectedly at the hunting ground not long ago, so he asked someone to inquire about her.
(Famous Jeanne Antoinette Poisson in Europe)
In February 11745, at the masked ball held in the Palace of Versailles, the charming Mrs. Thiollet Jeanne Antoinette •Poisson met the handsome Louis XV, who was looking around. Their eyes met each other with affection, It was as if you and I were the only ones left in the whole world...
Half a year later, Mrs. Thiole, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, officially settled in the Palace of Versailles, and she transformed , became Madame Pompadour, and French history opened a new page.
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