Agnes Le Louchier

Agnes-Françoise Le Louchier (1660-1717), was the royal mistress of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria from 1694 until 1717. She also served as the spy of Bavaria at the French court.

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Agnès Françoise (Anna Franziska) Le Louchier
Agnès-Françoise Le Louchier (Cornelis Martinus Vermeulen, 1700)
Born	1660
Died	February 1717(1717-02-00) (aged 56–57) Paris
Spouse	Ferdinand von Arco
Issue	With Maximilian II Emanuel: • Emanuel-François-Joseph of Bavaria
Father	Jean François Le Louchier, Seigneur de Popuelles
Mother	Charlotte d'Aubermont

She became the lover of Maximilian II Emanuel when he was the governor of the Spanish Netherlands.^[2] She accompanied him to Bavaria in 1694, when he married his second spouse, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, while she herself married the Bavarian officer Count Ferdinand von Arco. After the wedding, they returned to Brussels. She had a son with Maximilian, named Emanuel-François-Joseph (1695-1747), who was later legitimized by his father.^[3]

Work as a spy

In 1700, the Electress wished to separate from the Elector because of this affair but managed to reconcile.^[4] The same year, the Elector and Electress returned to Bavaria. Le Louchier was given an assignment as a spy by the Elector and sent to Paris to make use of political connections in favour of Bavarian interests. She succeeded with her task and was rewarded with a life pension. She lived with Maximilian during his exile from 1704 to 1715 until he met his wife again on 8 April 1715.^[5]

Agnes Le Louchier

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