Diane Gabrielle Damas (1656–1715) was a French aristocrat.[1]

Diane Gabrielle Damas - Musée des Beaux Arts d'Agen

A daughter of Claude Leonor Damas, Marquis of Thianges and Gabrielle de Rochechouart,[2] she married Philippe Jules Mancini, Duke of Nevers, she was the unofficial lover of king Louis XIV of France in 1676, and was repeatedly the object of rumours of a love affair with the king between 1671 and 1681.

References and notes edit

  1. ^ Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, Mémoires complets et authentiques du duc de Saint-Simon sur le siècle de Louis XIV et la régence. T. 1,, A. Sautelet, Paris, 1829-1830
  2. ^ sister of Madame de Montespan