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The most famous of Louis's mistresses were the sisters of Mailly-Nesle ( four of the five sisters were king's mistresses, notably Louise-Julie, Comtesse de Mailly from 1738 to 1742 and Marie Anne, Duchesse de Châteauroux in 1743-44 ); Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour ( called Madame de Pompadour, the official mistress from 1745 to 1764 ); and Marie Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry ( official mistress from 1768 until the king's death in 1774 ).
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Initially, most of the other powers were willing to accept Anjou's reign as Philip V, but Louis's arrogance and blunders soon made the English, the Dutch, and other powers join the Austrians in a coalition against France.
The most influential of Louis's councillors were Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz, and Solomon III, Bishop of Constance.
Jean Dufournet's 1966 study of Commines has shown that the next five years, up to 1477, were the most prosperous from Commines's point of view, and the only ones when he truly had Louis's confidence.
The following table shows East St. Louis's crime rate in six crimes that Morgan Quitno uses for its calculation for " America's most dangerous cities " ranking, in comparison to the national average: Year: 2006 number of crimes per 100, 000.
Despite Louis's lucrative purses over the years, most of the proceeds went to his handlers.
In similar fashion various French princelings, including most notably the Duke of Berry ( Louis XIV's youngest grandson ) and the Duke of Orléans ( Louis's nephew ), renounced for themselves and their descendants any claim to the Spanish throne.
The chronicler Andreas Bergomatis, who is the most important source for Louis's activities in southern Italy, notes that " after his death a great tribulation came to Italy.
Albert Edward argued that Beatrice could act as replacement mother for Louis's young children and spend most of her time in England looking after her mother.
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One of Louis's most important series of Color Field paintings were his Unfurleds.
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After rigorous research, Fraser concludes that they were forgeries, most likely an amalgamation of real letters that Queen Mary wrote and love letters written to Bothwell by one of his mistresses.
With his growing wealth, Voronoff occupied the whole of the first floor of one of Paris's most expensive hotels, surrounded by a retinue of chauffeurs, valets, personal secretaries and two mistresses.
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He had a number of other mistresses but Alice was the most public, so much so that it caused a scandal, and closely resembled a marriage.
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