tr ys ide , ▁during ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁esc orted ▁by ▁their ▁adm ir ers ▁while ▁their ▁hus b ands ▁were ▁left ▁at ▁home . ▁She ▁became ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁lo vers , ▁whether ▁there ▁was ▁truth ▁in ▁these ▁rum ors ▁or ▁not , ▁though ▁she ▁always ▁referred ▁to ▁her ▁sp ouse ▁in ▁public . ▁Contempor ary ▁chron icles ▁claim ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁an ▁affair ▁with ▁Claude ▁Louis , ▁Com te ▁de ▁Saint - G erm ain ▁because ▁she ▁needed ▁his ▁financial ▁assistance ▁to ▁both ▁her ▁sp ouse ▁and ▁her ▁true ▁lo ver , ▁and ▁the ▁letter ▁writer ▁Lu ise ▁Gr amm ▁claim ▁that ▁her ▁good ▁relation ▁to ▁Str u ense e ▁once ▁made ▁the ▁queen ▁je alous . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁person , ▁she ▁comes ▁across ▁in ▁her ▁correspond ence ▁as ▁a ▁free - mind ed ▁and ▁toler ant ▁person ▁who ▁dis lik ed ▁g oss ip ▁and ▁plots ▁who ▁had ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁be ▁civil ▁and ▁see ▁the ▁good ▁also ▁in ▁people ▁she ▁dis lik ed . ▁ ▁She ▁is ▁described ▁as ▁the ▁female ▁court ier ▁perhaps ▁most ▁fav ored ▁by ▁the ▁queen ▁and ▁almost ▁always ▁in ▁her ▁company ▁at ▁card ▁games , ▁mask ed ▁balls ▁and ▁out ings , ▁a ▁friendship ▁that ▁was ▁established ▁at ▁least ▁from ▁ 1 7 6 7 ▁on ward . ▁In ▁ 1 7 7 0 , ▁she ▁accompanied ▁the ▁king ▁and ▁queen ▁upon ▁their ▁tour ▁through ▁the ▁Duch ies , ▁during ▁which ▁she ▁correspond ed ▁with ▁her ▁sp ouse . ▁At ▁that ▁trip ,