Lezay Marnezia, Charlotte Antoinette de Bressy, Marquise de (c. 1705–1785)
Lezay Marnezia, Charlotte Antoinette de Bressy, Marquise de (c. 1705–1785)
French salonnière. Name variations: Marquise de Lezay Marnesia. Born Charlotte Antoinette de Bressey, c. 1705, in France; died 1785 in Conde-sur-Iton, France; m. François Gabriel de Lezay (1699–1778), 2nd marquis of Lezay, seigneur de Marnezia, Feb 6, 1733, in Metz; children: Claude Lezay Marnezia (1735–1800).
Held a literary salon at her home in Nancy; published Lettres de Julie à Ovide anonymously (1753), which was attributed to Marmontel but later revealed by her son to be her work.
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