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Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin

1691–1729

Born
3 Sep 1691
Country of birth
Kingdom of France, today France
Died
14 Oct 1729, Versailles
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  • Birth3 Sep 1691Probable1 source
  • Death14 Oct 1729, VersaillesProbable1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Pauline Félicité de Mailly

    Birth, Paris

  3. Died · Versailles

    Death, Versailles

What was it like?

The world around 1691: 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.

While hoop petticoats were iconic for the elite, even some working-class servant women wore them when going to market by 1729.

Known for

Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin, Marquise de Nesle (1691–1729), was a French noblewoman, courtier and duelist. She is known for the famous duel she fought over her lover with another woman, for being a figure of scandal during the Regency period, and for being the mother of the Nesle sisters, mistresses to Louis XV.

During their lifetime

  1. 1693

    Paris Famine (1693–1694)

    During the famine of 1693–1694, bread was sold at two sous a loaf to poor Parisians as up to 1,500 people died daily from hunger and disease.

  2. 1709

    The Great Winter of 1709

    The Great Winter of 1709 brought extreme cold and severe famine to France, marking one of the century's worst economic crises.

  3. 1716

    Foundation of Law's Bank in 1716

    John Law established the Banque Générale in 1716, which later issued paper bank notes guaranteed by the king to stimulate the economy.

  4. 1720

    The Great Plague of Marseilles

    The Great Plague of Marseilles, the last major plague epidemic in France, devastated the region between 1720 and 1721.

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Ancestors and children

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Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.