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, the youngest and prettiest one, who was the most successful in manipulating him and becoming politically powerful. Armande Félice also had an illegitimate daughter, Henriette de Bourbon (1725–1780), Mademoiselle de Verneuil, from her relationship with the duc de Bourbon, the chief minister of Louis XV from 1723 to 1726. Paul Jules' son, Guy Jules Paul de La Porte, duc Mazarin et de La Meilleraye (1701–1738), married Louise Françoise de Rohan in 1716. Their great-granddaughter, Louise Félicité Victoire d'Aumont, duchesse Mazarin et de La Meilleraye (1759–1826), married Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco in 1777. From this marriage, the present Sovereign Princes of Monaco, including Prince Albert II of Monaco, are descended. References Further reading Marie Mancini, Hortense Mancini and Sarah Nelson (1676, 1678 - in a new translation, 2008) Memoirs (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe) , University of Chicago Press, Rosvall, Toivo David (1969) Mazarine Legacy: The Life of Hortense Mancini, Duchess Mazarin, Viking Press Conway, Alison (2010) The Protestant Whore: Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680–1750, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Goldsmith, Elizabeth (2012) The Kings' Mistresses: The Liberated Lives of Marie Mancini, Princess Colonna, and Her Sister Hortense, Duchess Mazarin, Public Affairs Williams, H. Noel (1915) Rival sultanas: Nell Gwyn, Louise de Kéroualle, and Hortense Mancini External links Bisexual memoirists Mistresses of Charles II of England Bisexual women French memoirists Nobility from Rome Italian emigrants to France 17th-century LGBT people 1646 births 1699 deaths Mazarin, Duchess, Hortense Mancini French LGBT writers French bisexual people 17th-century peers of France Italian LGBT writers Italian bisexual people 17th-century French nobility 17th-century memoirists French salon-holders