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Marie Gaudin, Dame de La Bourdaisière (1495-1580), was a French lady-in-waiting, known as the lover of king Francis I of France and Pope Leo X.
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Marie Gaudin, Dame de La Bourdaisière (1495-1580), was a French lady-in-waiting, known as the lover of king Francis I of France and Pope Leo X.
She was married to Philibert Babou.
She served as lady-in-waiting to the queen of France, Eleanor of Austria.
She was the mistress of Francis I of France in the very beginning of his reign, but their relationship never became public.