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Gabriel de Rochechouart de Mortemart

1600–1675

Born
1600
Country of birth
France
Died
26 Dec 1675, Paris
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  • Birth1600Probable1 source
  • Death26 Dec 1675, ParisProbable1 source
  • UnionDiane de GrandseigneConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Madame de Montespan

    Birth, Lussac-les-Châteaux

  3. Died · Paris

    Death, Paris

What was it like?

The world around 1600: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

During this period, the rhingrave was a popular, extremely wide men's garment resembling a skirt or split-culottes, which could require up to 1.77 meters of fabric per leg.

Known for

Gabriel de Rochechouart, 1st Duke of Mortemart was a French nobleman and father of the Marquise de Montespan, mistress of King Louis XIV. He was a friend of Louis' father Louis XIII.

During their lifetime

  1. 1626

    Great plague outbreak kills one million

    Between 1626 and 1632, a devastating plague outbreak killed approximately one million people, causing many towns to lose one-third to one-quarter of their inhabitants.

  2. 1630

    Great famine causes mass starvation

    A series of continuous rains in 1630 led to widespread crop failures, causing a severe famine that lasted from August 1630 until May 1631 and caused massive demographic losses.

  3. 1631

    First French newspaper is founded

    Théophraste Renaudot founded La Gazette in 1631, which became the first newspaper in France.

  4. 1648

    The Fronde civil uprisings begin

    The Fronde, a series of violent civil uprisings against royal authority and high taxes, broke out in 1648 and lasted until 1653, forcing the royal family to flee Paris.

  5. 1648

    The Fronde Civil Wars (1648–1653)

    The Fronde, a series of civil wars between 1648 and 1653, led to food scarcity, high taxes, and fighting that caused the king to flee the capital.

  6. 1656

    Royal Edict on Beggars (1656)

    In 1656, a royal edict established the Hopital General in Paris, forcing over six thousand beggars into labor as part of a policy to clear the streets.

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