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Marie Louise Mignot. Marie Louise Mignot (February 12, 1712 – August 10, 1790) was a French literary figure. She was the daughter of Voltaire 's sister, Catherine Arouet (1686–1726) and her husband Pierre-François Mignot (d. 1737). After the death of her widowed father in 1737, Voltaire provided her with a dowry and she married ...
- French
- Nicolas-Charles Denis
- Mme Denis, Mme du Vivier
- Voltaire's niece and companion of thirty years
Marie-Louise Mignot dite Mme Denis, née à Paris le 12 février 1712 et morte dans la même ville le 10 août 1790, est une salonnière et épistolière. Elle est proche de Voltaire, dont elle est la nièce, la gouvernante, la compagne puis la légataire universelle.
- Marie-Louise Mignot
Details. individual; French; Female. Life dates. 1712-1790. Biography. Niece of Voltaire (q.v.), born Marie Louise Mignot, married Nicolas Denis in 1737 and therefore usually referred to as 'Madame Denis'. Lived with Voltaire after her husband'd death (1744).
21 de nov. de 2016 · In spite of his attachment to the Marquise of Châtelet, in 1744 Voltaire had formed a new romantic relationship — with his niece, Marie Louise Mignot. There is much debate as to the nature of their association, and in a letter from 1747/8 he wrote: How is my beloved? I have not yet seen her; but I am afire to see her every day ...
Though deeply committed to the Marquise, Voltaire by 1744 found life at her château confining. On a visit to Paris that year, he found a new love—his niece. At first, his attraction to Marie Louise Mignot was clearly sexual, as evidenced by his letters to her (only discovered in 1957).
- Writer, philosopher, historian
- Collège Louis-le-Grand
- From 1715
26 de mar. de 2015 · NYPL also holds a letter written by Voltaire to his niece Marie-Louise Mignot, wherein he describes his relationship with Madame du Châtelet and her husband the Marquis. The du Châtelets’ marriage was motivated by social and business concerns: the merging of two powerful families.
BURNINGLY amorous letters written between 1742 and 1750 by the French philosopher Voltaire to Marie Louise Mignot Denis, widowed daughter of his sister Catherine Mignot, will go on public...