Release Date

01 Jan, 1996

Total Episode/Season

2/1

Synopsis

The life of the Marquise de Maintenon, who was the wife of the poet Scarron before becoming, under the seal of a secret marriage, the wife of King Louis XIV.

Original Title

L'Allée du roi

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Miniseries

01 Jan, 1996

This 2-part TV movie traces the life of Françoise d'Aubigné, who became Madame de Maintenon. After a brief introduction to her early life, the story takes shape with her marriage to the satirical poet Paul Scarron, and continues through to her prodigious rise to the court of Louis XIV, whose morganatic wife she became in 1683 at the age of 48. The film focuses in particular on her period as governess to the illegitimate children Madame de Montespan had with the king, and her stormy relationship with the Marquise, who could not bear to see the king become increasingly unreasonably attached to her. The film ends with her death at Saint-Cyr on April 15, 1719.

Created By

Françoise Chandernagor

Nina Companéez

Actors

Agathe de La Boulaye

Claude Aufaure

Dominique Blanc

Didier Sandre

Michel Duchaussoy

Samuel Labarthe

Valentine Varela

Crew

Nina Companéez

Françoise Chandernagor

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Nina Companéez

Alain Bessaudou

Mag Bodard

Dominique Brabant

Nicole Berckmans