Louise de Prie


Louise de Prie de La Mothe-Houdancourt, was a French noble and court official. She served as royal governess to the children of king Louis XIV of France in 1661-72, and to the children of Louis, Grand Dauphin in 1682-91.

Life

Louise de Prie was born to Louis de Prie, Marquis de Toucy, and Françoise de Saint-Gelais-Lusignan, and married Marschall Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, duke de Cardona, in 1650. She became the mother of Françoise Angélique, Charlotte Éléonore Madeleine, Duchess of Ventadour by her marriage with Louis-Charles de Lévis and governess of Louis XV and his children, and Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique, married Henri François de Saint Nectaire, Duke of La Ferté-Senneterre.