Marie Fouquet

Marie Fouquet née Marie de Maupeou (* 1590 in France ; † 1681 ibid) was a French author who focused on medicine and supported charitable organizations.

Life

Marie de Maupeou was the daughter of Gilles de Maupeou, des Contrôleur général des finances and until 1610 employee of Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully . She was married to the Maître des requêtes François IV. Fouquet (1587-1640) and had three sons with him. The eldest, François V. Fouquet, became a cleric and at the end of his life was Bishop of Agde in France. The second son, Nicolas Fouquet , was promoted to Surintendant des Finances under Louis XIV , but was replaced by the king in 1665 and after four years of litigation, he was imprisoned in fortress imprisonment at the Alpine fortress of Pinerolo for enrichment and infidelity until the end of his life . The third son, Louis Fouquet , attended the Jesuit College de Clermont like his brothers and became head of the secret police under Jules Mazarin .

In later years Marie became a leading and supporting member of the Confrérie des dames de la charité de Saint Vincent de Paul, the cooperative of the daughters of Christian love of St. Vincent de Paul . In 1675 her Les remèdes charitables de Madame Fouquet, pour guérir à peu de frais toute forme de maux tant internes qu'externes… appeared in France , a very useful Artzney book that was also published in 1708 in Dresden in German .

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• Les remèdes charitables ... (as a file on Gallica : [1] )