Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique de Saint-Nectaire, Duchesse de La Ferté-Senneterre (née de La Mothe-Houdancourt; 1654 - 1726) was a French noblewoman and court official who served as the Governess of the Children of France from 1709 to 1710.

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Marie de La Mothe-Houdancourt
Duchess of La Ferté-Senneterre
Portrait by François de Troy depicting the Duchesse de La Ferté-Senneterre with Louis, Duke of Anjou on her lap and Louis, Duke of Brittany standing next to her.
Full name	Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique de Saint-Nectaire
Born	Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique de La Mothe-Houdancourt 1654
Died	1726
Spouse(s)	Henri François de Saint Nectaire, Duke of La Ferté-Senneterre
Issue	Françoise Charlotte de Saint-Nectaire Marquise de Lévis-Mirepoix
Father	Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, Duke of Cardona
Mother	Louise de Prie

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Marie Isabelle Gabrielle Angélique de La Mothe-Houdancourt was born in 1654 to Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt and Louise de Prie.^[1] Her father was the Duke of Cardona and served as the Viceroy of Catalonia and as Marshal of France. Her mother was a member of the French court who served as the Royal Governess for the children of Louis XIV and Louis, Grand Dauphin. She had two sisters, Charlotte Eléonore (the duchess of Ventadour) and Françoise Angélique (the duchess of Aumont).

She married Henri François de Saint Nectaire, Duc de La Ferté-Senneterre and had two children, Françoise Charlotte de Saint-Nectaire and the Marquise de Lévis-Mirepoix.^[2] Through her marriage she was the Duchess of La Ferté-Senneterre.^[3]

From 1709 until 1710 she served as the Governess of the Children of France at Versailles, an office previously held by her mother. As Royal Governess, she was in charge of the education of the children of Louis, Duke of Burgundy. She was succeeded in the role by her sister Charlotte Eléonore, Duchesse de Ventadour.

At the death of her mother in 1709, she inherited the Château de Montpoupon, which, after her death in 1726, would be inherited by her daughter, Françoise Charlotte.