Masson and Louis XIV’s personal doctor who later assumed the position herself. She lived in a house with her father, where she also was killed by Father Etienne.

In the case of Versailles, it’s a series grounded in broader historical truths, but one in which chronology has been manipulated and key characters invented so as to produce a stronger narrative. When events are debated by historians, it understandably dramatises the raciest interpretation of those contested events.

At the end of the episode she goes into labor and much to the surprise of the king and his physician, she gives birth to a black girl. The official word is that the baby was stillborn.

Season Three Sophie returns to France and is caught by the kings men which reunites her with her old employer, Fabien Marchal. She is working as a spy for the Emperor Leopold. By his instructions she, reluctantly, poisoned Marie-Thérèse of Spain which eventually killed her.

The real Palace of Versailles is one of the filming location used in the drama. Some of the staterooms, bedrooms and sprawling gardens of the palace were featured in the programme. Most notably Vaux-le-Vicomte is a major place where scenes are filmed for the series and stands in for the real Versailles.

Sophie Philippine Élisabeth Justine de France, (27 July 1734 – 2 March 1782) was a French princess, a fille de France; she was the sixth daughter and eighth child of Louis XV of France and his queen consort Marie Leszczyńska. First known as Madame Cinquième, she later became Madame Sophie.

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A guide to the Palace of Versailles, France. Orange trees outline a formal garden at Versailles, once the epicenter of French royal power. The Versailles gardens took 40 years to complete, and Louis XIV valued them as much as the palace. Please be respectful of copyright.