Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis
Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis (Jeanne Louise Armande Élisabeth Sophie Septimanie; 1740 in Languedoc - 14 October 1773) was a French salonist.
Biography
Born as the daughter of duke Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis and Élisabeth Sophie de Lorraine, she was raised with her paternal aunt in a Benedictine convent and married in 1755 to Don Casimir Pignatelli, Count of d'Egmont.
She hosted a salon which gathered "the literary celebrities of the days" including Voltaire and Rousseau and was a center to the opposition of Madame du Barry. Through her close friendship with the Swedish ambassador to France, U. Scheffer, she came to know the future Gustav III of Sweden during his visit to Paris in 1771 and continued a correspondence with him during his reign. 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 unbloodied character. She called Gustav III "The hero of my heart", and it is considered likely that she had influence "upon the enlightened, human, in many ways liberated direction of the early reign of Gustav III".
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis |
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16. René de Vignerot, Seigneur of Pontcourlay |
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8. François II de Vignerot, Marquis of Pontcourlay |
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17. Françoise du Plessis |
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4. Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis |
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18. Thomas de Guémadeuc, Baron of Guemadeuc |
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9. Marie Françoise de Guémadeuc |
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19. Jeanne Ruellan |
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2. Armand de Vignerot du Plessis |
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20. Honorat d'Acigné, Comte de Grand-Bois |
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10. Jean-Léonard, Comte d'Acigné |
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21. Jacqueline de Lavallezé |
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5. Anne Marguerite d'Acigné |
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22. Honorat-Auguste d'Acigné, Comte de Grand-Bois |
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11. Anne-Marie d'Acigné, Comtesse de Grand-Bois |
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23. Renée de Keraldanet |
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1. Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis |
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24. François Louis, Count of Harcourt |
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12. Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt |
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25. Anne d'Ornano |
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6. Joseph, Count of Harcourt |
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26. Charles de Brancas |
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13. Marie Françoise de Brancas |
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27. Suzanne Garnier |
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3. Élisabeth Sophie de Lorraine |
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28. Nicolas Jeannin de Castille |
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14. Gaspard Jeannin de Castille |
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29. Claude de Fieubet |
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7. Marie Louise Jeannin de Castille |
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30. Nicolas Dauvet |
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15. Louise Diane Dauvet des Marets |
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31. Chrétienne de Lantage |
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Literature
- d'Armaillé, "La comtesse d'Egmont, fille du maréchal de Richelieu, 1740-1773. D'après ses lettres inédites à Gustave III"
References
| Persondata |
| Name |
Vignerot Du Plessis, Jeanne Sophie De |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
1740 |
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| Date of death |
14 October 1773 |
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