Maîtresse-en-titre
The maîtresse-en-titre was the chief mistress of the king of France. It was a semi-official position which came with its own apartments. The title really came into use during the reign of Henry IV and continued until the reign of Louis XV.
This page contains a listing of notable French royal mistresses.
Charles V of France
- Biette de Casinel (ca 1340 – ca 1380)
Charles VI of France
Charles VII of France
Louis XI of France
- Phélisé Regnard
- Marguerite de Sassenage (ca 1449–1471)
Francis I of France
Henry II of France
- Diane de Poitiers (1499–1566)
- Jane Fleming (or Jane Stewart) (ca 1508 – ca 1553)
- Filippa Duci (ca 1520–?)
- Nicole de Savigny (1535–1590), baroness of Fontette
Charles IX of France
Henry III of France
- Louise de La Béraudière du Rouhet
- Renée de Rieux de Châteauneuf
- Veronica Franco (1546–1591)
- Marie van Kleef (1553–1574), countess of Beaufort
Henry IV of France
Louis XIII of France
Louis XIV of France
Louis XV of France
- Louise Julie, Comtesse de Mailly (1710–1751)
- Pauline-Félicité de Mailly (1712–1741), marquise de Vintimille
- Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly (1713–1760), duchess of Lauraguais
- Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux (1717–1744)
- Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (better known as Madame de Pompadour) (1721–1764), marquise de Pompadour
- Jeanne Antoinette Bécu (better known as Madame du Barry) (1743–1793), countess of Barry
- Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737–1815), was never an actual Maîtresse-en-titre
- Françoise de Châlus (1734–1821), duchess of Narbonne-Lara
- Marguerite Catherine Haynault (1736–1823), marquise de Montmélas
- Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing (1743–1826)
- Anne Couffier 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)
Louis XVIII of France
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