Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis (Jeanne Louise Armande Élisabeth Sophie ; 1740 - 14 October 1773) known as Septimanie d'Egmont was a French salonist.
She hosted a salon which gathered "the literary celebrities of the days", including Voltaire and Rousseau, and was a center of opposition to Madame du Barry.[1] Through her close friendship with the Swedish ambassador to France, Ulrik Scheffer, she came to know the future Gustav III of Sweden during his visit to Paris in 1771. Thereafter she maintained a correspondence with him during his reign.[2] She advised him to "repress the strife of the raging parties", advocated a "monarchy restrained by laws" and greeted his coup of 1772 with joy, especially its non-bloody character.[3] She called Gustav III "The hero of my heart", and it is considered likely that she had influence "upon the enlightened, humanistic, in many ways liberated direction of the early reign of Gustav III".[4]
Jean-Claude Hauc, "Septimanie d'Egmont, princesse républicaine" in Trois femmes des Lumières, Les Editions de Paris, 2010.
Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 6. Degeberg - Egyptolog (in Swedish)
Beth Hennings, Grevinnan d'Egmont och Gustav III (1920)
April 14, 2024
septimanie, egmont, jeanne, sophie, vignerot, plessis, jeanne, louise, armande, Élisabeth, sophie, 1740, october, 1773, known, french, salonist, jeanne, sophie, vignerot, plessiscountess, egmontthe, countess, roslin, full, namejeanne, louise, armande, Élisabet. Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis Jeanne Louise Armande Elisabeth Sophie 1740 14 October 1773 known as Septimanie d Egmont was a French salonist Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du PlessisCountess of EgmontThe Countess by Roslin Full nameJeanne Louise Armande Elisabeth Sophie de Vignerot du PlessisBorn1 March 1740Montpellier FranceDied14 October 1773BuriedBraine Aisne FranceSpouse s Casimir Pignatelli Count of Egmont 1755 FatherLouis Francois Armand de Vignerot du Plessis 3rd Duke of RichelieuMotherPrincess Elisabeth Sophie of Lorraine Contents 1 Biography 2 Ancestry 3 References 4 SourcesBiography editBorn the daughter of Louis Francois Armand de Vignerot du Plessis Duke of Richelieu and Princess Elisabeth Sophie de Lorraine daughter of Joseph Count of Harcourt a French prince etranger she was raised with her paternal aunt in a Benedictine convent In 1755 she was married to Don Casimir Pignatelli Count of Egmont Prince de Gavre 1727 1801 son of Don Procopio Pignatelli d Egmont Duke of Bisaccia Prince de Gavre 1703 1743 and his wife Henriette Julie de Durfort 1696 1779 She hosted a salon which gathered the literary celebrities of the days including Voltaire and Rousseau and was a center of opposition to Madame du Barry 1 Through her close friendship with the Swedish ambassador to France Ulrik Scheffer she came to know the future Gustav III of Sweden during his visit to Paris in 1771 Thereafter she maintained a correspondence with him during his reign 2 She advised him to repress the strife of the raging parties advocated a monarchy restrained by laws and greeted his coup of 1772 with joy especially its non bloody character 3 She called Gustav III The hero of my heart and it is considered likely that she had influence upon the enlightened humanistic in many ways liberated direction of the early reign of Gustav III 4 Rousseau visited her at her Chateau de Braine in 1771 where he recited his autobiographical work Confessions 5 6 Ancestry editAncestors of Septimanie d Egmont16 Rene de Vignerot seigneur de Pontcourlay8 Francois II de Vignerot Marquis de Pontcourlay17 Francoise du Plessis4 Armand Duc de Richelieu18 Thomas de Guemadeuc Baron de Guemadeuc9 Marie Francoise de Guemadeuc19 Jeanne Ruellan2 Armand de Vignerot du Plessis20 Honorat d Acigne Comte de Grand Bois10 Jean Leonard Comte d Acigne21 Jacqueline de Lavalleze5 Anne Marguerite d Acigne22 Honorat Auguste d Acigne Comte de Grand Bois11 Anne Marie d Acigne Comtesse de Grand Bois23 Renee de Keraldanet1 Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis24 Francois Louis Count of Harcourt12 Alphonse Henri Count of Harcourt25 Anne d Ornano6 Joseph Count of Harcourt26 Charles de Brancas13 Marie Francoise de Brancas27 Suzanne Garnier3 Elisabeth Sophie de Lorraine28 Nicolas Jeannin de Castille14 Gaspard Jeannin de Castille29 Claude de Fieubet7 Marie Louise Jeannin de Castille30 Nicolas Dauvet15 Louise Diane Dauvet des Marets31 Chretienne de LantageReferences edit Nordisk familjebok Uggleupplagan 6 Degeberg Egyptolog Nordisk familjebok Uggleupplagan 6 Degeberg Egyptolog Nordisk familjebok Uggleupplagan 6 Degeberg Egyptolog Nordisk familjebok Uggleupplagan 6 Degeberg Egyptolog From 4 to 8 May 1771 Rousseau visited Braine source www rousseau chronologie com Blog describing Rousseau s visit to BraineSources editMarie Celestine Amelie de Segur Armaille Comtesse d La comtesse d Egmont fille du marechal de Richelieu 1740 1773 D apres ses lettres inedites a Gustave III Perrin et Cie 1890 Jean Claude Hauc Septimanie d Egmont princesse republicaine in Trois femmes des Lumieres Les Editions de Paris 2010 Nordisk familjebok Uggleupplagan 6 Degeberg Egyptolog in Swedish Beth Hennings Grevinnan d Egmont och Gustav III 1920 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Septimanie d 27Egmont amp oldid 1191862575, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
