Quick nitpick: Madame de Maintenon had no children by Louis XIV. Philippe II. d’Orleans’ rival for the Regency was a previous mistress’ son, Madame de Montespan’s, I think, and unless I am remembering wrongly, the additional irony was that Philippe was also married to his sister, another bastard of Madame de Montespan’s. (Which got him slapped by his mother Liselotte for saying yes.)
Also, as an example of how bad in an age of bad medicen those doctors were: the otherwise interminable and boring movie about the death of Louis XIV makes a good point of showing their methods. Go governess indeed!
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Re: In which the royal family falls like dominoes
Date: 2021-02-14 07:56 pm (UTC)Also, as an example of how bad in an age of bad medicen those doctors were: the otherwise interminable and boring movie about the death of Louis XIV makes a good point of showing their methods. Go governess indeed!