His dream was to become a writer, an ambition encouraged by his friend Françoise de Graffigny, who became his sponsor in the court society of Lorraine.
Françoise Hardy | Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan | Françoise Sagan | Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon | Marie Françoise Catherine de Beauvau-Craon | Marie-Françoise Bucquet | Françoise Rosay | Françoise Mouly | Françoise-Marie LeRoy | Françoise de Panafieu | Françoise de Graffigny | Françoise de Foix | Françoise Ardré | ''Thérèse-Françoise Potain Roland, Wife of the Sculptor'', terra cotta | Princess Françoise d'Orléans (1844–1925) | Françoise Nielly | Françoise Marie de Bourbon | Françoise Mallet-Joris | Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans | Françoise Laborde | Françoise Giroud | Françoise Faucher | Françoise Fabian | Françoise Dürr | Françoise Dior | Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné | Françoise Chandernagor | Françoise Boivin | Francoise Blanchard | Françoise Barré-Sinoussi |
From 11 September to 5 October 1738, Françoise de Graffigny paid "Madame de Lorraine" a farewell visit at Commercy, and her letters to François-Antoine Devaux paint a lively picture of life there.