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Madame de Maintenon

Madame de Brinon

The headmistress of the Royal House.

The Caretaker: Deeply involved in the education of the girls in her charge.
Historical Domain Character
Put on a Bus: She leaves the institution in the middle of Book 1, and the students never learn why. Readers have to look her up to learn that she got into an argument with Madame de Maintenon over the influence of theatre on the girls.
Taking the Veil: She retires to a convent halfway through Book 1.

Mademoiselle de Loubert

The teacher of the Reds, who takes charge of the Institute after Madame de Brinon departs.

Taking the Veil: Possibly that or a Retcon. After becoming headmistress, she is repeatedly called "mother superior".
The Women Are Safe with Us: She is intent on shielding her pupils away from men.
Young and in Charge: While it is not pointed out in the text, she is only twenty-two when she becomes headmistress.

Catherine du Pérou

The teacher of the Yellows

Adorkable: She is reduced to a gleeful blubbering mess when she meets her idol, Jean Racine.
Ascended Fangirl: She gets to teach an exclusive play to her pupils, written by her hero.
Cool Teacher: Due to her youth and general empathy, she is more lenient on her pupils than the other teachers. She is also the only one among them who actually was a student of Saint-Cyr before she started teaching there.
Last-Name Basis: Averted for the readers: she is the only teacher whose first name is given. It helps categorize her as closer to the students, who are adressed by their first and last name, than to the ladies of Saint Louis.
Young and in Charge: She is 21 in Book 1, only five or six years older than the Yellows.

Madame de Crécy

The teacher of the Blues

0% Approval Rating: None of the students of the House like her - even staff members find her too harsh.
The Fundamentalist: The sort that freely accuses people of being "Satan himself".
Grumpy Old Man: The oldest and most disliked of the teachers.
Stern Teacher: Extremely severe, to the point of abuse.

Madame de Clérambault

An assistant teacher who takes over the Blue class when Madame de Crécy is indisposed.

A Mother To Her Girls: Her motherly patience and kindness make ever the hardest sacrifices easier; just ask Gertrude.
Loved by All: Because she is replacing the universally hated Madame de Crécy and is not a complete monster, the Blues grow really fond of her during her short tenure.

Madame de Fontaines

The new headmistress of the House.

Remember the New Guy?: She was never even mentionned before being made headmistress in the timeskip between 1693 and 1696.

Madame de Glapion

The teacher of the Greens.

Stern Teacher: Though she is far from the worst in Saint-Cyr, Marie-Adélaïde sees her as this.

[[folder: Madame d'Hozier and Sister Anna Josse]]The ladies in charge of the infirmary.

Chekhov's Classroom: Madame d'Hozier is the one who tells Isabeau and Gertrude about the properties of hemlock.
School Nurse
Witch Doctor: Most of their work is done with prayer and herbs and Sister Anna is in charge of the medicinal garden of the House.

Bishop Godet des Marais

A prelate close to Madame de Maintenon who becomes the spiritual director of Saint-Cyr after Esther.

Animal Motifs: The Doves compare him to a crow - tall and skinny, dressed in all black and sinister.
The Fundamentalist: After the events of Esther and what happened with Adélaïde, Charlotte and Hortense, he convinces Madame de Maintenon that anything but a perfectly monacal education is dooming the girls to hell, and does not hesitate to tell them.
The Dreaded: All the Doves hate him and his influence, even dutiful, obedient Isabeau; most of the teachers too find him too hard.

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