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La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine de (1634 - 1693)

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Short name La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine de
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First name Marie-Madeleine
Birth name La Fayette
Married name De la Fayette
Alternative name Marie-Madeleine de Pioche de la Vergne — Marie-Madeleine de Lafayette
Date of birth 1634
Date of death 1693
Birth date Notes 18-03-1634
Death date Notes 25-5-1693
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Paris
Place of death Paris
Lived in Paris , France
Place of residence notes
Nicolas Mignard, portrait de madame de La Fayette (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne), 1660-1668.
Mother
Father
Children
Religion / ideology
Education Educated at home
Aristocratic title comtesse
Professional or ecclesiastical title -
Fayette, François de la 1655-1683 Married
La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine de was ...
friend Sévigné, Marie de
related to Motteville, Françoise de
professional colleague Racine, Jean
related to Rambouillet, Catherine de
professional colleague Scudéry, Madeleine de
professional colleague Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas
student of Ménage, Gilles
friend Stuart, Henrietta
friend La Rochefoucauld, François de
Profession(s)
Memberships
Place(s) of Residence Paris , France
Author of
receptions circulations
Le libraire au lecteur (1662) 0 0
La Princesse de Montpensier (1662) 2 0
Zaïde, histoire Espagnole (1669) 30 2
La Princesse de Clèves (1678) 44 5
Mémoires de la Cour de France (1688) 3 0
La Comtesse de Tende (1714) 3 0
Histoire d'Henriette d'Angleterre (1720) 17 2
Histoire de Madame Henriette d’Angleterre [DELETE] (1720) 0 0
Oeuvres diverses de madame la comtesse de Lafayette (1779) 3 0
Œuvres de Madame de Lafayette (1786) 0 0
Mémoires de Hollande (1856) 1 0
Editor of
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Circulations of La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine de, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine de, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Eloge de Jean-Jacques Rousseau Charrière, Isabelle de 1790 -
ZZ*Comparing male - female authorship in letter 2282 Charrière, Isabelle de 1801 comments on person
De invloed der vrouwen op de samenleving (art. in Elegantia) Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1808 is biography of
Le La Rochefoucauld des dames UNKNOWN [author, various, name and sex unknown] 1820 -
Hollands Roem Hendrik Collot d'Escury 1824 comments on person
Een kwekelinge van het huis Rambouillet. Vrij naar het Engels (feuilleton in Ons Streven) Bosscha, Henriette Frederica 1871 comments on person
Feuilleton. Madame de Lafayette Haverkorn van Rijsewijk - van Delden, Petronella Johanna 1873 comments on person
Fransche leestafel Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1882 -
Madame de la Fayette Paul Jacquinet 1886 is biography of
*Mention in Histoire des femmes écrivains de la France Henri Carton 1886 is biography of
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Jan ten Brink 1888 -
Mme de la Fayette J. Desplantes , P. Pouthier 1890 is biography of
Pregled glavni zastopnic francoskega slovstva Overview of the Main Female Representatives of French Literature Debeljak, Anton 1912 comments on person
Vrouwenspiegel: een literair-sociologische studie over de Nederlandse romanschrijfster na 1880 Romein Verschoor, Annie 1936 comments on person
Nicolas Mignard, portrait de madame de La Fayette (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne), 1660-1668. None is portrait of

Mentioned in:
- Briquet 1804
- La Porte 1769 (see hyperlink for list)
- Boudier de Villemert 1778
- Briquet 1804
- Jacquinet, Les femmes de France poètes et prosateurs, 1886
- Henri Carton, Histoire des femmes ecrivains de la France, 1886
- Desplantes et Pouthier, 1890
- Larnac, Histoire de la littérature féminine en France, 1921
- Mitterand, Littérature XVIIe 1987 p. 400-413 (51, 111, 143, 384)
- Buck, Guide to women's writing, 1992: "Known as the author of the first modern French novel".
- Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 481, 486.
- Debeljak, Pregled, 1912

Paris 18-03-1634 - Paris 25-05-1693.
Married 1655. 2 sons.
Received a boy's education. (well-educated).
à son époque pas de possibilité de publier sous son nom; "insisted on playing the modest woman's game" (Boursier, Feminine voice)
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Connections to François de la Rochefoucauld - Jean Régnault de Segrais.
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Segrais collabore pour Zaïde, qui est publié sous son nom.

KLK 1904