Françoise de Montglat née de Longuejoue (d. 1633) was a French court official. She was the royal governess of King Louis XIII and his siblings.
Life Françoise de Montglat was the daughter of Thibaut de Longuejoue and Madeleine Briçonnet. She married Robert de Harlay (1550-1607), Baron de Montglat and royal chamberlain, in 1579.
She was appointed royal governess to the children of King Henry IV of France in 1601.Dominic Pearce, Henrietta Maria, 2015 She was given the responsibility for the king's children with Queen Maria of Medici, as well as for the children of the king with his mistresses, who were raised together.Jonathan Spangler, Monsieur: Second Sons in the Monarchy of France, 1550–1800 (Routledge, 2021). She was referred to as "Mamangat" by her royal charges, who corresponded with her as adults.Katie Whitaker, A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 2010
Her daughter Jeanne de Harlay (later Jeanne de Saint George) became a playmate and sub-governess of the royal children, who called her "Mamie", and was later lady-in-waiting and correspondent to Henrietta Maria and, finally, appointed governess to Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier.Katie Whitaker, A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 2010
Her letters are preserved.Katie Whitaker, A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 2010
References
Joseph Baillio, Katharine Baetjer, Paul Lang Lettres intimes de Henri IV A. Lloyd Moote, Louis XIII, the Just, 1991 Katie Whitaker, A Royal Passion: The Turbulent Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 2010 Victor L. Tapié, France de Louis XIII Et de Richelieu. Anglais, 1984 Dominic Pearce, Henrietta Maria, 2015