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.