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| | Madame de Maintenon |
 | | When in 1669, her friend, the Marquise de Montespan, needed someone to secretly care for the children she was having with King Louis XIV, Francoise was the ideal choice. |
 | | Madame Guyon, was a regular visitor to Saint-Cyr; Maintenon, the teachers, and the older students read and re-read Guyon's Moyen court et tres facile pour l'oraison (A short and very easy method of prayer). |
 | | The correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, mother of the regent: of Marie-Adelaide de Savoie, duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in relation to Saint-Cyr / Preceded by introductions from C.A. Sainte-Beuve. |
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