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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Veronica Franco, Gabrielle d'Estrees, Diane de Poitiers, Henry IV of France's wives and mistresses, Francoise-Athenais, marquise de Montespan, Mary Boleyn, Madame de Pompadour, Madame du Barry, Louise de La Valliere, Marie Angelique de Scorailles, Anne de Rohan-Chabot, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Odette de Champdivers, Cora Pearl, Grace Elliott, Marie Anne de Mailly, Olympia Mancini, Diane Adelaide de Mailly, Louise Anne de Bourbon, Charlotte de Sauve, Louise Julie de Mailly, Rosalie Duthe, Dangereuse de L' Isle Bouchard, Francoise de Foix, Lady Janet Stewart, Harriet Howard, Fredegund, Duchy of La Valliere, List of French royal mistresses, Maitresse-en-titre, Elisabeth de Vaudey, Marie Mancini, Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Agnes Sorel, Anne Nompar de Caumont, Pauline Felicite de Mailly, Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, Zoe Talon, comtesse du Cayla, Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feucheres, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Eleonore Denuelle de La Plaigne, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Louise de La Fayette, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Louise d'Esparbes de Lussan, Marie Touchet, Marie Emilie de Joly de Choin, Antoinette de Maignelais, Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu, Isabelle de Ludres, La Belle Chateauneuf, Francoise Pitel, Francoise-Marie LeRoy, Claude de Vin des illets, Catherine Bellier. Excerpt: Henry IV of France's wives and mistresses played a significant role in the politics of his reign. Both Henry (1553-1610) and his first wife Marguerite of Valois, whom he married in 1572, were repeatedly unfaithful to each other, and the collapse of their marriage led to their estrangement and living apart. Although Henry fathered children with a series of mistresses, his lack of a legitimate heir became a cause of concern, and his marriage...
