Sophie Lalive de Bellegarde

Élisabeth Françoise Sophie de Tardieu d'Esclavelles or Élisabeth Françoise Sophie Lalive de Bellegarde (* December 18, 1730 - January 28, 1813 ), through marriage to General César Louis Marie François Ange d'Houdetot from 1748 Countess of Houdetot (read: udetoh), was a salonier .

Live and act

Her parents were the Fermier général Louis Denis Lalive de Bellegarde and his wife Marie Thérèse Josèphe Prouveur. In addition to four sons, the marriage had two daughters: Marie Charlotte Françoise and Élisabeth Françoise Sophie.

She was among the literary celebrities of the 18th century, partly because of their long-standing connection to the poet Jean-François de Saint-Lambert , but even more by the relationship with Jean-Jacques Rousseau , of her in his Confessions ( French Confessions intends) with passion and owes many poetic suggestions to her influence.

Their relationship with Saint-Lambert began around 1760 and lasted until his death in 1803. During the last years they lived together on a country estate near Paris.

Portrait of Sophie Lalive de Bellegarde as a more mature woman

Equally distinguished by goodness of heart and spirit, she occasionally wrote small, subtle poetry that secretly circulated among her friends. She was the last to die from among the encyclopedists .

literature

Gilbert Chinard: Les amitiés américaines de Madame d'Houdetot. D'apres sa correspondance de Madame d'Houdetot . Champion, Paris 1924.
Hippolyte Buffenoir: La comtesse d'Houdetot. Sa famille, ses amis . Leclerc, Paris 1905 ( digitized ).
Annette Mohr: Madame d'Epinays conception of the upbringing of girls in the context of women-specific upbringing tracts of the 18th century in France (= SOFIE. Saarland series of publications on women's research. Volume 7). Röhrig, St. Ingbert 1997, ISBN 3-86110-144-0 (also dissertation, Saarbrücken University 1995).

Web links

Commons : Sophie Lalive de Bellegarde - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Helmut Holzhey, Vilem Mudroch, Friedrich Ueberweg, Johannes Rohbeck: Outline of the history of philosophy. The philosophy of the 18th century. Schwabe, Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7965-2445-5 , pp. 294-295.

personal data
SURNAME	Bellegarde, Sophie Lalive de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lalive de Bellegarde, Elisabeth Françoise Sophie de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French countess
DATE OF BIRTH	December 18, 1730
DATE OF DEATH	January 28, 1813

[1] Helmut Holzhey, Vilem Mudroch, Friedrich Ueberweg, Johannes Rohbeck: Outline of the history of philosophy. The philosophy of the 18th century. Schwabe, Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7965-2445-5 , pp. 294-295.