Odette de Champdivers

Odette de Champdivers (also known as Oudine or Odinette; b. about 1390 - d. ca. 1425) was the mistress of Charles VI of France (the Mad). She was called la petite reine ("the little queen") by Charles and contemporaries.According to Georges Bordonove, "Odette was the daughter of a maître d'hôtel of the King's Household, certain Guyot de Champdivers", who in fact was her brother. The messages of Père Anselme established her as a daughter of Odin or Oudin de Champdivers, who around 1387 was equerry stableman (Latin: marescallus equorum) at the court of King Charles VI.The nineteenth-century French novelist Balzac wrote a historical novel inspired by her life titled Odette de Champdivers.

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Odette de Champdivers
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1390
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1425
Children
Marguerite bâtarde de France
Known for
Mistress (lover)

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