| Short name |
Madame du Deffand |
| VIAF |
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| First name |
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| Maiden name |
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| Married name |
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| Alternative name |
Madame du Deffant
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Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond
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Marquise du Deffand
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Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamron
,
Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamroud
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| Date of birth |
1697 |
| Date of death |
1780 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
Ligny-en-Brionnais (Bourgogne, FRA) |
| Place of death |
Paris |
| Lived in |
France
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Paris
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Ligny-en-Brionnais (Bourgogne, FRA)
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| Place of residence notes |
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| Related to |
Marguerite-Jeanne de Staal - Delaunay
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| Bibliography |
Mentioned in: - Briquet 1804 - Jacquinet, Les femmes de France poètes et prosateurs, 1886 - Henri Carton, Histoire des femmes ecrivains de la France, 1886 - Desplantes et Pouthier, 1890 - Mitterand, Littérature XVIIIe 1987 (p. 48, 166, 168, 241, 283, 328). - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992 - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 576. - Debeljak, Pregled, 1912 |
| Provisional Notes |
Ligny-en-Brionnais 25-12-1697 - Paris 23-08-1780.
Married (1718), separated (1719?).
Suddenly blind in 1752 (according to Despl. et P., p.239)
Desplantes et Pouthier mention that, after her divorce, Mme du Deffand became less morally strict and "avait au coeur une maladie qui fit le malheur de sa vie: le mépris d'elle-même et des autres." p.239
NOT MENTIONED IN:
- La Porte 1769
MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000
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