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unusual facts about Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand



François-Charles Joullain

Joullain printseller, was mentioned in Horace Walpole's correspondence with the marquise du Deffand.

Lady Teresa Waugh

Lady Teresa has translated such works as Anka Muhlstein's A Taste For 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).

Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

She spent much time at Sceaux, at the court of the duchesse du Maine, where she contracted a close friendship with the president Hénault.

Madame du Deffand is said by Horace Walpole (in a letter to Thomas Gray) to have been for a short time the mistress of the regent, the duke of Orléans.


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