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The regent, who did not wish to lose her, continued to visit her and tried to persuade her to return, and a couple of months later she retired to a convent, claiming that she wished to make amends for past sins. However, she did not become a nun but simply lived in the convent as a guest, which was
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She had no influence in state affairs, simply because she had no interest in them and lacked political ambition. The regent's mother once remarked that her son appreciated her because she distracted him from political affairs and helped him indulge in pleasure instead, something they both preferred
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In 1720, she successfully defeated Marie-Thérèse Blonel de
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Les maitresses du régent; études d'histoire et de mœurs sur le commencement du xviiie siècle
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