Louise de Prie de La Mothe-Houdancourt (1624–1709), was a French noblewoman and court official. She served as royal governess to the children of king Louis XIV of France in 1661–1672, to the children of Louis, Grand Dauphin in 1682–1691, and finally to the children of Louis, Duke of Burgundy in 1704–1709.

Mme la maréchale de Lamothe (Cabanès, Éducation de Princes)

Life

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Louise de Prie was born to Louis de Prie, Marquis de Toucy, and Françoise de Saint-Gelais-Lusignan, and married Marshal Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, duke de Cardona, in 1650. She became the mother of:

References

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  • Docteur Cabanès, Mœurs intimes du Passé - Huitème série, Éducation de Princes, Albin Michel, Editeur, Paris, 3e mille.
Court offices
Preceded by Governess of the
Children of France

1661–1709
Succeeded by