Olivie d'Arrogant

Corin de Royal †

Madame **Olivie d'Arrogant, Madame de Binet** was the second mistress of King Felix II de Poullain and the mother of three of his bastards Juliette, Capucine and Corin. She later married and unknown Viscomte.

## Biography

#### Appearance and Character

Olivie was beautiful, tall and buxom with a shapely figure, she had long black hair as dark as coal which she styled into braids decorated with jewels, flowers and ribbons. She painted her face in the Clercon style of natural rouge.

Olivie dressed in the Clercon style, wearing long silk, velvet or wool gowns with a bejewelled neckline, large puffed sleeves with decorative slashes and ruffled cuffs, with a bejewelled sash about the waist. Like most nobles she wears opulent jewels of pearls and precious gemstones about herself and on her gown, Olivie was no modest and wore revealing clothing which scandalised her at court, she is credited with introducing the fashion of a low plunging neckline and open ruffed collars. She often covered her hair with a veil.

Olivie was a witty, vivacious, outspoken and promiscuous woman, she had little modesty and was flirtatious with many men at court.

#### History

Olivie was born at her families seat of Château de Colorgues in 107 NE as the daughter of the Comte de Colorgues and Madame Elisabeth de Comois, Comtesse de Colorgues. She had multiple sisters.

## Life

#### Early Court Life

Olivie was brought to court in 127 NE along with her sisters by their mother Madame Elisabeth de Camois, Initially the twenty-year-old Olivie was a glamorous addition to the court, beautiful, witty and graceful she became popular particularly among the men at court, including the king himself who became entranced by her.

Soon after in 128 NE Olivie and family returned to their families seat of Château de Colorgues after the death of her childless uncle so they could see to the assentation of Olivie's father as the Comte and her mother as Comtesse, the Arrogant family stayed away from court until 134 NE during that time Olivie was set to marry a Vicomte under her fathers domaine while preparations for the betrothal were underway, King Felix wrote to the Arrogant's personally inviting them back to court which they were unable to reject, the letter specifically stated that they were to bring all their daughters with them.

#### Mistress of King Felix II

Olivie and her family arrived back at court within the month and were settled in Arrogant House which was gifted to them by the king himself for the family to stay in during their time in the capital. Olivie now twenty-seven was welcomed back at court and the king was still entranced by Olivie, her beauty did not dwindle over the years and he soon desired to make her his mistress, so he married off his previous mistress, a palace maid, to a wealthy chevalier. Olivie became his mistress and was pregnant within a month which scandalised her at court, but the king soon announced the child was his and the gossip died down. Olivie gave the king three bastard children Juliette, Capucine and Corin and was his mistress for the next two years, she was constantly a scandalous figure at court and was known to be promiscuous and flirtatious with many men at the court, it is rumoured that Olivie would sit on the kings lap on the throne and allowed him to fondle her breasts in full view of the court, she also became a style icon at the court introducing the short lived fashion of plunging necklines open ruffed collars, which would reveal as much of a ladies buxom as they could allow. This new situation granted Olivie's family political intrigue and favour with the royal family and they were granted with large gifts and even her mothers family who were of much lower rank than her fathers were invited to court and granted with lands, titles and wealth.

#### Fall from Grace

Thought not all was good as kings extremely modest mother Dowager Queen Joiha de Chinon despised the new reviling fashions and her sons new mistress. So she aimed to be rid of Olivie, inviting Madame Lisette de Heilly to court in a plot the replace Olivie with the much younger and supposedly more beautiful daughter of the Arrogants rival family, House Heilly.

After hearing of this Olivie's father put into motion a plot to make Olivie the new queen, openly talking about Olivie marrying the king and ousting the Dowager Queen. These actions caused major scandal in the royal court and the whole of Clercon. After the king heard of the insults directed at his dear mother he quickly ousted the Arrogant's and they fell from grace as fast as they rose and had most of their gifts retracted and were sent from court in disgrace. Shortly after Olivie and her family were ousted the Heilly's arrived at court and the Dowager Queen's plot to replace Olivie was successful, Arrogant House in the capital was taken and given to the Heilly family renamed Heilly House.

#### Later Years

Returning home Olivie was disgraced, un virtuous, ruined and an old maid, so the previous betrothal to the Vicomte was rejected, the best match her father could find was with the middle-aged Monsieur Gareth de Binet a Chevalier, the two lived together at his house by the coast and raised her children there until her death in 161 NE.

The King soon heard of his old mistresses death and proclaimed "it does not bother me so that she is gone, her insults to my dear mother were so undignified she could be mistaken for myself".