Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (25 September 1696 – 23 September 1780) was a French hostess and patron of the arts. Madame du Deffand was born at the Château...
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Enlightenment. Madame du Deffand was an upper class French woman, who held weekly salons in Paris. Known for her intelligence and cynicism, Deffand became friends...
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Freedom: The life of Astolphe de Custine (2000), Benedetta Craveri's Madame Du Deffand and Her World (1994) and The Travels of Marco Polo (1984). In 1980...
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Adélaïde of France (redirect from Marie Adélaïde, Madame Quatrième)
smallpox in late May was regretted by the friends of the ex-ministers, Madame du Deffand commenting: "The avenging angel has shielded his sword. We shall again...
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Warsaw: Czytelnik. Perey, Lucien (1893). Le président Hénault et Madame du Deffand. La cour du régent, la cour de Louis XV et de Marie Leczinska (in French)...
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Calmann-Lévy (1888) Figures de femmes : Madame du Deffand, Madame d'Épinay, Madame Necker, Madame de Beaumont, Madame Récamier, etc., Calmann-Lévy (1889)...
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2018–20 CR4 - La Repubblica delle Donne Self 2020 L'ultima de' Medici Madame Du Deffand 2021 Ciao maschio Self 2022 Sanremo Music Festival 2022 Self Co-host...
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French femme de lettres and salon hostess. Nicknamed "l'idole" by Madame du Deffand, she was a lady in waiting to the Duchess of Chartres and a mistress...
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Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine (section Madame Dupin)
of Lévis-Mirepoix, the Baroness Hervey and the Princess of Monaco. Madame du Deffand was also received, although perhaps she was the only one who spoke...
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ISBN 978-1-84371-182-7. Horace Walpole (1939). Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Madame Du Deffand and Wiart. Yale University Press. pp. 239–240....
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