Background
Louise Julie de Mailly was born on December 8, 1744, in Paris, to Louis de Mailly, marquis de Nesle et de Mailly, and Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin.
Louise Julie de Mailly was born on December 8, 1744, in Paris, to Louis de Mailly, marquis de Nesle et de Mailly, and Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin.
She was the eldest of three sisters who succeeded one another as favourites of the king, Louis XV of France. Although Louis XV had paid her attentions from 1732, she did not become titular mistress until 1738. She did not use her position either to enrich herself or to interfere in politics. She was supplanted by her sister, the duchess of Chateauroux, and obliged to leave court in 1742.
Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle died in 1751, in Paris.
On May 31, 1726, Louise Julie de Mailly married Louis Alexandre de Mailly, comte de Mailly. The marriage was forced upon her against her will and was reportedly unhappy.
Armande Félice de La Porte Mazarin was the daughter of Paul Jules de La Porte, duc Mazarin et de La Meilleraye.
