Marie Angelique De Scoraille De Roussile Fontanges, duchess de, a mistress of Louis XIV., born in the district of Rouergue in 1661, died in Paris, June 28, 1681. A member of a noble but impoverished family, she went to the French court as a maid of honor of the queen dowager, and became through her remarkable beauty Mme. de Montespan's successor as chief favorite of the king. Her discarded rival characterized her as a provincial statue. Her extravagance knew no bounds; the king supplied her with 500.000 francs a month, which was hardly sufficient for her wants. She brought into fashion a head dress arranged with leaves and ribbons, which was adopted all over Europe under her name. Louis XIV. conferred upon her the rank of duchess, but became indifferent to her after the loss of her beauty in childbed. She retired to the abbey of Port Royal, where the king paid her a visit in her last moments.