Jeanne-Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf

Portrait of Jeanne-Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf after Jean-Baptiste van Loo , 18th century

Jeanne-Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf (* 1698 in Paris , † October 7, 1727 in Courbépine , today the Eure department ), also known as Madame de Prie or Marquise de Prie , was the influential mistress of the French Prime Minister Louis IV. Henri de Bourbon, prince de Condé and by marriage Marquise de Plasnes .

Life

Jeanne-Agnes Berthelot was the daughter of the rich and as it is called unscrupulous financier Étienne Berthelot de Pléneuf. At the age of 15 she was married to Louis de Prie, marquis de Plasnes , called Marquis de Prie , on December 28, 1713 , and went with him to the Savoyard court in Turin , where he was ambassador.

When she was 21 years old, she returned to France and shortly thereafter became the mistress of the Duke of Bourbon. Her influence on the Duke was so great that she was the actual regent of France during his tenure as Prime Minister (1723–1726). Her greatest triumph was the marriage of Louis XV that she had arranged. with the Polish Princess Maria Leszczyńska .

Extract from Courbépine's civil status register from 1727. Note on the funeral of Jeanne-Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf, marquise de Plasnes. "... the lady mentioned died the day before after having received the sacraments with piety ..."

Her rise came to an abrupt end in 1725 when she tried to exile the Duke of Bourbon's rival, Bishop André-Hercule de Fleury . After Fleury's return and the Duke's referral to Chantilly , she was exiled to her husband's estate in Courbépine, where she died the following year. It is believed today that she died of tetanus . Disgraced at court, it was believed in her day that she committed suicide because she suffered from depression and because she had taken opium . She had already written a will on November 15, 1726, and changed the will on September 17, 1727. Soon afterwards she fell ill. She showed symptoms similar to those of tetanus. The cause of this infection was still unknown at the time and it could not be cured. Tincture of opium was given to relieve pain and cramps .

reception

The life of the Marquise de Prie was artistically processed several times. The best-known are Stefan Zweig's story The Story of a Fall and the television film La dernière fête (1996; The Fall of the Marquise de Prie ) with Charlotte Rampling in the title role. Voltaire dedicated his comedy L'indiscret to her in 1725 .

literature

Henri Thirion: Madame de Prie (1698-1727) . Plon, Paris 1905 ( PDF ; 18 MB).
Jacques Lafay: Madame de Prie . Marquise de Courbépine (1698-1727). Page de Garde, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 2001, ISBN 2-84340-174-7 (French).
Gilbert Mercier: Madame de Prie . La marquise qui with Versailles à ses pieds. Félin, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-86645-607-6 (French).

Web links

Commons : Jeanne-Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Gilbert Mercier: Madame de Prie . La marquise qui with Versailles à ses pieds. Félin, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-86645-607-6 , pp. 293 f . (French).
↑ ^a ^b Jacques Lafay: Madame de Prie . Marquise de Courbépine (1698-1727). Page de Garde, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 2001, ISBN 2-84340-174-7 , pp. 147 ff . (French).
^ Gilbert Mercier: Madame de Prie . La marquise qui with Versailles à ses pieds. Félin, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-86645-607-6 , pp. 286-291 (French).
^ Jacques Lafay: Madame de Prie . Marquise de Courbépine (1698-1727). Page de Garde, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 2001, ISBN 2-84340-174-7 , pp. 154 f . (French).
^ Jacques Lafay: Madame de Prie . Marquise de Courbépine (1698-1727). Page de Garde, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 2001, ISBN 2-84340-174-7 , pp. 135 ff . (French).
^ Jacques Lafay: Madame de Prie . Marquise de Courbépine (1698-1727). Page de Garde, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 2001, ISBN 2-84340-174-7 , pp. 153 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Pléneuf, Jeanne-Agnès Berthelot de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Madame de Prie; Marquise de Prie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mistress of Louis IV Henri de Bourbon
DATE OF BIRTH	1698
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1727
Place of death	Courbépine

[zweineundrei-1] Gilbert Mercier: Madame de Prie . La marquise qui with Versailles à ses pieds. Félin, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-86645-607-6 , pp. 293 f . (French).

[einsviervier-2] Jacques Lafay: Madame de Prie . Marquise de Courbépine (1698-1727). Page de Garde, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 2001, ISBN 2-84340-174-7 , pp. 147 ff . (French).

[3] Gilbert Mercier: Madame de Prie . La marquise qui with Versailles à ses pieds. Félin, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-86645-607-6 , pp. 286-291 (French).

[4] Jacques Lafay: Madame de Prie . Marquise de Courbépine (1698-1727). Page de Garde, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 2001, ISBN 2-84340-174-7 , pp. 154 f . (French).

[5] Jacques Lafay: Madame de Prie . Marquise de Courbépine (1698-1727). Page de Garde, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 2001, ISBN 2-84340-174-7 , pp. 135 ff . (French).

[6] Jacques Lafay: Madame de Prie . Marquise de Courbépine (1698-1727). Page de Garde, Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 2001, ISBN 2-84340-174-7 , pp. 153 (French).