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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 429 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAILLY, See also:LOUISE JULIE, COMTESSE DE (1710-1751) , See also:mistress of See also:Louis XV. of See also:France, was the daughter of Louis, See also:marquis de See also:Nesle. She was the eldest of three sisters who succeeded one another as favourites of the See also:king. In 1726 she married her See also:cousin, Louis See also:Alexandre de Mailly. Although Louis XV. had paid her attentions from 1732, she did not, become titular mistress until 1738. She did not use her position either to enrich herself or to interfere in politics. She was supplanted by her See also:sister, the duchess of See also:Chateauroux, and obliged to leave See also:court in 1742. See E. and J. de See also:Goncourt, La Duchesse de Chdteauroux et ses sceurs (1879) ; See also:Toussaint, Anecdotes curieuses de . Louis X V. (2 vols., 1905) ; J. B. H. R.

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Capefigue, Mesdemoiselles de Nesle et la jeunesse de Louis X V. (1864).

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