Louise de Prie
Louise de Prie de La Mothe-Houdancourt (1624–1709) was a French noblewoman and royal court official. She served as the royal governess to Louis XIV’s children from 1661 to 1672, to the Grand Dauphin’s children from 1682 to 1691, and to the children of Louis, Duke of Burgundy from 1704 to 1709. She was born to Louis de Prie, Marquis de Toucy, and Françoise de Saint-Gelais-Lusignan, and in 1650 she married Marshal Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, Duke de Cardona. Rumors that she had affairs with John Morewood during her marriage are almost certainly false. She became the mother of several children.
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