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Diane Adélaïde de Mailly, duchesse de Lauraguais (11 February 1713 – Paris, November 3, 1769) was the third of the five famous ''de Nesle'' sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. She was his first mistress as King. == Early life, family and marriage == Diane Adélaïde was born the third daughter of Louis de Mailly, marquis de Nesle et de Mailly, Prince d'Orange (1689–1767), and his wife, Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin (1691–1729). Her parents had been married in 1709. Her mother was the daughter of Paul Jules de La Porte, duc Mazarin et de La Meilleraye (1666–1731), the son of the famous adventuress, Hortense Mancini, the niece of Cardinal Mazarin. Diane Adélaïde had four full sisters: * Louise Julie de Mailly, ''Mademoiselle de Mailly, comtesse de Mailly'' (1710–1751), * Pauline Félicité de Mailly, ''Mademoiselle de Nesle, marquise de Vintimille'' (1712–1741), * Hortense Félicité de Mailly, ''Mademoiselle de Chalon, marquise de Flavacourt'' (1715–1763), * Marie Anne de Mailly, ''Mademoiselle de Monchy, marquise de La Tournelle, duchesse de Châteauroux'' (1717–1744). The only one of the ''de Nesle'' sisters not to become one of Louis XV's mistresses was the marquise de Flavacourt. Louise Julie was the first sister to attract the king followed by Pauline Félicité, but it was Marie Anne who was the most ambitious of them all and who was the most successful in manipulating him and becoming politically powerful due his inexperience in governing, his lack of confidence, and his timidity. Diane Adélaïde also had a younger half-sister, Henriette de Bourbon (1725–1780), ''Mademoiselle de Verneuil'', from her mother's relationship with the ''duc de Bourbon'', the chief minister of Louis XV from 1723 to 1726. In her youth, Diane Adélaïde was known as ''Mademoiselle de Montcavrel''. In January 1742, she married, as his second wife, Louis de Brancas, duc de Lauraguais, duc et pair de Villars (born 1714). Not noted for her intelligence, Madame de Lauraguais once said, "my husband cheated on me, so I'm not even sure to be the mother of my children." She was a ''dame du palais'' of Queen Marie Leszczyńska. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diane Adélaïde de Mailly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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