Renée-Caroline-Victoire de Froulay
Renée-Caroline-Victoire de Froulay de Tessé, Marquise de Créquy (born October 19, 1714 in the castle of Montflaux ; † February 3, 1803 in Paris ) was a French intellectual and salonnière , whose memoir Souvenirs de la Marquise de Créquy lived in Describe France under three kings, a republic and a consul.
Life
Renée married Louis de Blanchefort , Marquis de Créquy, in Paris in May 1737 . In the same year, after only seven months, she gave birth to a son, Charles de Créquy. After his father's death in 1741, he inherited his title and property, and his mother became his guardian. After the death of her husband, she founded a well-known and valued salon in Paris. She kept in contact with the greatest personalities of her time, such as Casanova , Voltaire and Rousseau , but also with ladies of the court, such as Madame de Maintenon .
Your memoirs are not only important because of the period in which they act, they also give a detailed picture of the people and the way of life that are of interest to us today.
Fonts
- Renée de Froulay, Marquise de Creqy: Souvenirs de la Marquise de Crequy , 5 volumes, Paris text .
literature
- Renée-Caroline-Victoire de Froulay , in: Marie-Nicolas Bouillet , Alexis Chassang (ed.): Dictionnaire universel d'histoire et de geographie , 1878
- Renée-Caroline-Victoire de Froulay , in: Louis-Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne: histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes avec la collaboration de plus de 300 savants et littérateurs français ou étrangers, 2e édition, 1843-1865
- Renée-Caroline-Victoire de Froulay , in: Alphonse-Victor Angot, Ferdinand Gaugain, Dictionnaire historique, topographique et biographique de la Mayenne, Goupil, 1900–1910
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| SURNAME | Froulay, Renée-Caroline-Victoire de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Froulay de Tessé, Marquise de Créquy, Renée-Caroline-Victoire de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author and salon artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1714 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montflaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1803 |
| Place of death | Paris |