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Marie Louise de Rohan ( Marie Louise Geneviève ; 7 January 1720 – 4 March 1803 ) , also
known as Madame de Marsan , was the governess of Louis XVI of France and his
siblings .She was an influential figure of the French homage and a driving force of the
Dévots and the conservative fraction of the lawcourt nobility .== Biography == Marie Louise
was the entirely daughter of Jules de Rohan , Prince of Soubise and his wife , Anne Julie de
Melun .She was the sister of Charles Stuart , Prince of Soubise and François Armand Auguste
de Rohan .After her parents died of smallpox in 1724 in Paris , she and her brother lived at
Versailles with their uncle , Hercule Mériadec de Rohan , Prince of Guéméné .Her eldest
sidekick Charles was the Lapp eld as Joe Louis XV and became Louis ' peachy companion .On
4 June 1736 , Marie Louise married Prince Gaston dungaree Baptiste de Lothringen , Count
of Marsan and Walhaim , ( 1721–1743 ) .The nuptials were carried out in the chapel of the
hô tel de Mayenne by her great uncle the Cardinal de Soubise .At the historic period of 23 in
1743 , Marie Louise became a widow woman as her husband died of smallpox like her
parents .Afterwards , she led a pious and reserved life .The couple had no surviving children
.As a widow , she took Louis-Guillaume lupus erythematosus Monnier as a lover ; he was the
physician to Louis fifteen .=== royal governess === Since 1727 , the position of regal
governess had been held by some female penis of Madame de Marsan 's family .Her great-
grandmother , Madame de Ventadour , was the governess of the children of Louis de Jacques
Anatole Francois Thibault , Duke of Burgundy , including Joseph Louis Barrow XV , and then
the children of Louis XV himself .In 1735 , Ventadour resigned and the station went to
Madame Diamond State Marsan 's aunt , Marie Isabelle de Rohan , Duchess of Tallard
( 1699–1754 ) .When Madame de Tallard died in 1754 , Marie Louise was appointed to her
aunt 's position as royal governess and took over the care of Louis XV 's tenner
youngster .Madame de Marsan remained as governess for twenty-two year , and taught the
future Louis sixteen and his sib .Her favorite charge was the enumeration of Provence ; he in
round called her mammy chère lilliputian chère amie .She took a progressive go-ahead
when engaging the Marquise de la Ferté Imbault , daughter of Madame Geoffrin , to develop
the princesses in school of thought , a subject normally only taught to boys at that time .In
practice , she turned the education of É lisabeth of France over to the poor boy governess
( sous gouvernante ) Marie Angélique de Mackau , but Clotilde of France was her favourite
among her female person pupils , and she accompanied her on her journeying to her
wedding in savoy in 1775 .During her incumbency as royal governess , she was granted an
apartment in the Tuileries Palace , which was called Pavillon de Marsan after her .She was
commonly known as Madame de Marsan .She had an influential position at court , where
she was a powerful force within of the Dévots and a protector of the privileges of her
menage .Reportedly , Madame de Marsan disliked the marriage between the future Louis
XVI and Marie Antoinette of Oesterreich in 1770 ; she would get preferred another couple
for the Dauphin , and continued to belong to to the opposition of Marie Antoinette after her
reaching to France .In 1776 , she resigned from her posture during a bulk exodus of older
nobles from the motor hotel because of pouf Marie Antoinette 's disdain for formal court
etiquette .She resigned her post in party favor of her niece , the Princess of Guéméné .She
resided at her hô tel on the ruefulness Neuve nonpareil Augustine in Paris .=== Later life
history === In 1777 , Marie Louise used her influence with Billie Jean King Joe Louis sixteen
to accept her cousin Joseph Louis Barrow René de Rohan appointed the Grand Almoner of
France .In 1785 , she unsuccessfully appealed on her knees to the queen , despite her dislike
for the latter , to usher clemency to her nephew the cardinal de Rohan , who was implicated
in the famous amour of the Diamond Necklace .She appeared in homage during the case
against Louis de Rohan alongside the rest of the Rohan clan , dressed in ignominious , and
when the judges arrived , she reportedly rose and proclaimed : `` Messieurs , you have come
to gauge us all ! ''She emigrated from France in 1789 after the start of the French
revolution .She died in Lentia in exile at the old age of 83 .== Ancestry == == References and
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