Odette de Champdivers

Who was Odette de Champdivers?

Odette de Champdivers was the mistress of Charles VI of France. She was called la petite reine 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 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.