List of French royal mistresses
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">Philip I of France">Philip I
- Bertrade de Montfort : marriage not recognised by the Church
Louis VI">Louis VI of France">Louis VI
- Marie de Breuillet
Louis X">Louis X of France">Louis X
- Unknown, but had children
Philip VI">Philip VI of France">Philip VI
- Béatrice de la Berruère
Charles V">Charles V of France">Charles V
- Biette de Cassine
- Unknown, mother of Oudard d'Attainville.
Charles VI">Charles VI of France">Charles VI
- Odette de Champdivers
Charles VII">Charles VII of France">Charles VII
- Agnès Sorel
- Antoinette de Maignelais
Louis XI">Louis XI of France">Louis XI
- Félize Régnard
- :fr:Marguerite de Sassenage|Marguerite de Sassenage
Francis I">Francis I of France">Francis I
Official mistresses (''maîtresse-en-titre'')
- Françoise de Foix, countess of Châteaubriant
- Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, duchess of Étampes
Unofficial mistresses (''petite maîtresse'')
- :fr:Marie Gaudin|Marie Gaudin, dame de La Bourdaisière, she was the ancestor of Gabrielle d'Estrées
- Mary Boleyn , eldest sister of Anne Boleyn and of George Boleyn, later mistress of Henry VIII of England
- :fr:La Belle Ferronnière |La Belle Ferronnière
- Claude de Rohan-Gyé, countess of Tonnerre and of Thoury
- La Châtelaine de Montfrault
Henry II">Henry II of France">Henry II
Official mistresses (''maîtresse-en-titre'')
- Diane de Poitiers
Unofficial mistresses (''petite maîtresse'')
- Jane Fleming
- Filippa Duci
- Nicole de Savigny, baroness of Fontette
Charles IX">Charles IX of France">Charles IX
- Marie Touchet
Henry III">Henry III of France">Henry III
- Louise de La Béraudière du Rouhet
- Renée de Rieux de Châteauneuf
- Veronica Franco
- Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé
- Jeanne de Laval, dame de Senneterre
- Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière, mother of Gabrielle d'Estrées
Henry IV">Henry IV of France">Henry IV
Official mistresses (''maîtresse-en-titre'')
- Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress 1591–1599
- Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, marquise of Verneuil, mistress 1599–1609
Unofficial mistresses (''petite maîtresse'')
- Fleurette de Nérac, vers 1571-1572, fille d’un jardinier de Nérac
- Charlotte de Sauve, mistress in 1572.
- Bretine de Duras, mistress 1573–1574
- Louise de la Béraudière, called « La belle Rouet », mistress in 1575, maid of honour of Queen Margaret
- :fr:Louise Borré|Louise Borré, mistress 1575–1576, daughter of a royal notary. She gave him a son, Hervé
- Jeanne de Tignonville, mistress 1577–1578
- Victoire de Ayala, mistress in 1578, maid of honour of Catherine de' Medici
- Mlle Rebours, mistress in 1579, maid 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, mistress 1579–1581, maid of honour of Queen Margaret. She had one stillborn daughter with the king in 1581.
- Diane d'Andouins, called « la belle Corisande »
- Esther Imbert, mistress 1587–1588. She had two sons with Henry.
- Martine, rochelaise, en 1587. She had one child with Henry.
- Antoinette de Pons, marquess of Guercheville
- Catherine de Verdun
- Mme Quelin, mistress in 1598
- Isabelle Potier, mistress 1598–1599
- Mlle Clein, mistress in 1599
- La Glandée, mistress in 1599
- Marie-Françoise de La Bourdaisière, sister of Gabrielle d’Estrées, mistress in 1599
- Jacqueline de Bueil
- Charlotte des Essarts , mistress 1607–1609
- Marie-Charlotte de Balzac d’Entragues, mistress 1605–1609
- Angélique Paulet, mistress in 1610
Louis XIV">Louis XIV of France">Louis XIV
Official mistresses (''maîtresse-en-titre'')
- Louise de La Vallière, duchess of Vaujours
- Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise of Montespan
- Marie Angélique de Scoraille de Roussille, duchess of Fontanges
- Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise of Maintenon
Unofficial mistresses (''petite maîtresse'')
- Catherine Bellier, baroness of Beauvais
- Olympe Mancini
- Anne-Lucie de la Mothe-Houdancourt
- Mademoiselle de Marivault
- Marie Mancini
- A gardener's daughter who gave birth to a daughter
- Henrietta Anne of England, his sister-in-law
- Bonne de Pons d'Heudicourt
- Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont, princess of Monaco
- Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise of Thianges; sister of the above;
- Anne de Rohan-Chabot, princess of Soubise
- Claude de Vin des Œillets
- Isabelle de Ludres
Louis XV">Louis XV of France">Louis XV
Official mistresses (''maîtresse-en-titre'')
- 1732-1742: Louise Julie de Mailly, countess of Mailly
- 1739-1741: Pauline-Félicité de Mailly, marquise of Vintimille
- 1742-1745: Diane-Adélaïde de Mailly, duchess of Lauraguais
- 1742-1744: Marie-Anne de Mailly, marquise of La Tournelle, duchess of Châteauroux
- 1745-1764: Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise of Pompadour
- 1769-1774: Jeanne Bécu, countess du Barry
Unofficial mistresses (''petite maîtresse'')
- 1750-1750: Irène du Buisson de Longpré
- 1750-1751: Marie Geneviève Radix de Sainte-Foy
- 1752-1752: Charlotte Rosalie de Choiseul-Beaupré
- 1752-1754: Marie-Louise O'Murphy
- 1755-1755: Françoise de Chalus, duchess of Narbonne-Lara
- 1755-1757: Brigitte O'Murphy
- 1757-1757: Marie Anne de Coislin
- 1759-1762: Marguerite-Catherine Haynault, marquise of Montmélas
- 1760-1763: Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing
- 1760-1765: Anne Couppier de Romans, baroness of Meilly-Coulonge
- 1762-1765: Louise-Jeanne Tiercelin de La Colleterie, called Madame de Bonneval
- 1768-1768: Catherine Éléonore Bénard
- 1768-1768: Marie Thérèse Françoise Boisselet
- 1774-1774: Albertine-Elisabeth Pater
[Napoleon I]
- Marie Walewska, Polish countess
- Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne
Louis XVIII">Louis XVIII of France">Louis XVIII
- Anne Nompar de Caumont, countess of Balbi, baronness of Montfaucon
- Zoé Talon, comtesse du Cayla
Charles X">Charles X of France">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 :fr:Gabrielle de Polignac|the duchess of Polignac
[Louis Philippe I]
- Rosalie Duthé
Napoleon III">Napoleon III of France">Napoleon III
- 1856-1857: Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
- 1857-1861: Marie-Anne Walewska
- 1863-1870: Marguerite Bellanger