Wer ist Mona Lisa? – Identifizierung einer Unbekannten mit Hilfe historischer Quellen
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" ... whose sharp, shrewd tongue already [im Jahr 1650] entertained the [French] court ..." (in: Martha Walker Freer: The Regency of Anna of Austria - Queen Regent of France, Mother of Louis XIV, From numerous unpublished sources, including M88. in the Bibliothèque Impériale, and the Archives du Royaume de France, etc., etc., Vol. 2, id., p. 310).
Was ihre Zeitgenossin Madame de Motteville über sie zu berichten hatte: "Her eyes were full of fire; plumpness made her fair; her complexion became beautiful [im Alter von 17/18 Jahren], and her face less long, her cheeks took dimples which gave her a great charm, and her mouth looked smaller. She had fine arms and beautiful hands, and favour, together with grand attire, gave brilliancy to this very moderate beauty. She certainly seemed charming to the eyes of the king [Ludwig XIV.], and sufficiently pretty to indifferent spectators. The king saw her often, and people almost feared that this passion, slight as it was, might lead him to wish to do her more honour than she deserved. The queen [Anna von Spanien/Österreich], who knew the king's virtue and that of Mademoiselle Mancini, was not troubled by this attachment, because she believed it innocent; but she could not endure that it should be spoken of, even in jest, as a thing that might lead to legitimate consequences. ... in truth, it was plain that the king never had such a thought. Mademoiselle [Olympia] Mancini herself, who felt that she was not destined to be queen, thought of her interests and wished to become a princess like her sister, the Duchesse de Mercœur. She had already been offered to the grand-master, son of the Maréchal de La Meilleraye; but he had refused her. ... The king always took her out to dance; she was first in all the preferences that dignities and favours could bestow, and it seemed as though the balls and other amusements were made for her only. ... Towards the end of the same month [Februar 1657] ... [Olympia] married Prince Eugène, son of Prince Thomas [of Carignan-Savoi] ... Her luck was great in every way; she found in this prince a fairly honourable man and, above all, a good husband; so that she had reason to consider herself happy." (in: Memoirs of Madame de Motteville, Volume 3, id., pp. 96-97/113-114).
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