24 July 1689

From the Letters of the Princess Palatine to the Electress of Hanover

On this day, Madame (see glossary) lengthily recounts an odd story about the Dauphine in a letter to her aunt.

Just about a year ago, she says, the Dauphine came and asked Madame to have a word with her cousin the Duc de Thouars. The Dauphine had heard that Thouars was in love with her and that the court was gossiping about it. She asked Madame to ask T…