Grignan, Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, Countess de (1646–1705)
Grignan, Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, Countess de (1646–1705)
French intellectual. Name variations: Francoise de Sevigne. Born Oct 10, 1646; died Aug 16, 1705; 1646; dau. of Marie de Sévigné (1626–1696) and Henri, Marquis de Sévigné (1623–1651); educated at Sainte-Marie at Nantes; m. François Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan, count de Grignan, 1668; children: one son and a number of daughters, including Pauline de Simiane.
As a disciple of the French philosopher René Descartes, became known as a femme philosophe; lived with husband in Provence, and corresponded a great deal with her mother who was renowned as a woman of letters—the primary scholarly medium of the time.
See also Women in World History.
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