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Sarthe is a department of Pays de la Loire situated in the Grand-Ouest of the country. It is named after the River Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers.
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon was the second wife of King Louis XIV of France. She was known during her first marriage as Madame Scarron, and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon. Her marriage to the king was never officially announced or admitted, as it was morganatic, and thus she was never considered Queen Consort of France. Even so, she was very influential at court, and was one of the king's closest advisers. She founded the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, a school for girls from poorer noble families, in 1684.
The following is a list of the 345 communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department of France.
Maintenon is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 63.5 km (39.5 mi) southwest of the center of Paris.
Andouillé-Neuville is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Aubigné-sur-Layon is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
Charles d'Aubigné, Count of Aubigné (1634–1703) was the brother of Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, the second wife of King Louis XIV of France. The king showered gifts and titles upon his new wife's brother upon their marriage; in a letters patent Louis conferred upon him the titles of Comte d'Aubigné et Pair de France, Marquis de Maintenon, Duc de Saint-Cloud, Baron de Surimeau, Maréchal de France et Chevalier du Saint-Esprit, along with the style of Son Altesse Serenissime, a dignity normally reserved only for the Princes of the Blood. While he did not receive his sister's title until her death the combination of Serenity, being a member of the most prestigious chivalric order in France at that time, the Order of the Holy Spirit, as well as having his father's title restored to him as well as made a peer, which was not automatic in France for nobles as in England, put him in a most wonderful position at court.
The Canton of Antrain is a canton of France, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département, located in the northeast of the department.
The Layon is a 89.9 km (55.9 mi) long river in the Deux-Sèvres and Maine-et-Loire départements, western France. Its source is near Saint-Maurice-la-Fougereuse. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Loire into which it flows near Chalonnes-sur-Loire.
Diane d'Andoins or d'Andouins was born in Hagetmau in the fall of 1554, and died there in February 1621. The Countess of Guiche, and called "the beautiful Corisande", she was known for having been a royal mistress of King Henri III of Navarre between 1582 and 1591.
Events from the year 1635 in France.
Events from the year 1630 in France
The Canton of Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné is a former canton of France, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département, located in the centre of the department. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.
