Louise Marie-Thérèse (The Black Nun of Moret)

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Louise Marie Thérèse (1664–1732), known as the Black Nun of Moret, was a Benedictine nun rumoured to be of French royal descent. It alleged that she was the daughter of Queen Marie-Thérèse, however, historians think she was most likely the illegitimate daughter of Marie-Thérèse's husband, King Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King. There were Black servants in the French royal court at the time, so there is a possibility that Louis slept with one of his enslaved servants, and she gave birth to his child. Her existence is mentioned in the Memoirs of Mademoiselle de Montpensier, Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, and Memoirs of the duc de Saint-Simon.

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