The Black Nun of Moret: Louis XIV's Secret Daughter
There is a portrait in Versailles that no one talks about.
It shows a Black nun. Her name was Louise Marie Thérèse.
She spent 66 years locked in a convent. Never allowed to leave. Never acknowledged. Never explained.
But rumors have persisted for 300 years: Was she the secret daughter of Louis XIV, the Sun King?
Hidden away because of the color of her skin. Erased because she threatened the image of the most powerful king in Europe.
This is the story of the Black Nun of Moret—and the mechanisms of silence that buried her.
🕰️ CHAPTERS
00:00 - The Portrait No One Sees
01:45 - The Sun King's Court
03:30 - A Child Born in Secret
05:45 - The Convent at Moret
08:15 - The Mysterious Visitors
11:20 - A Life of Silence
14:40 - Death and Rumors
17:25 - The Evidence
19:10 - Erased in Plain Sight
📚 SOURCES
Parish baptism records, Moret-sur-Loing (1664)
Death certificate, Convent of Moret (1730)
Royal household accounts, Archives Nationales de France
Correspondence of Madame de Maintenon
"The Black Nun of Moret" by Mario de Valdes y Cocom
Portrait analysis, Palace of Versailles collection
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