Françoise Pitel, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Françoise Pitel

French actress

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1662

Date of Death: 30-Sep-1721

Profession: actor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Françoise Pitel

  • Françoise "Fanchon" Pitel de Longchamp (17 January 1662 – 30 September 1721) was a French actress.
  • She retired from the theater in 1701 and became a mistress of Louis, le Grand Dauphin, by whom she had three daughters. She was born on January 17, 1662, in Grenoble to Henri Pitel de Longchamp and Charlotte Legrand.
  • Her father, mother, maternal grandfather, sister (Anne) and brother-in-law were all actors.
  • Her uncle Jean Patin (1635-1709), also an actor, was married to Jeanne Beauval, an actress who was famous for her contagious laughter. On November 27, 1679, she married the talented French actor Jean-Baptiste Raisin (born 1656 in Troyes, died 1693).
  • Over the course of their fourteen-year marriage, she bore him eight children.
  • After his death in September 1693, she became a mistress of Louis de Bourbon, Dauphin of France and had three daughters by him: Mlle de Fleury, born in Meudon, died young. Anne-Louise, Mlle de Fleury, later Mme d'Avaugour (1695 – August 1716), married Anne Errard, marquis d'Avaugour. Charlotte, Mlle de Fleury, later Mme de La Jonchère (6 February 1697 – 1750), married Gérard Michel de La Jonchère.She died on September 30, 1721, in Vignats.

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