Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé (1599 – 16 January 1678) was a French philosopher, writer and salonnière.
Life
She was the daughter of
Gilles de Souvré, marquis de Courtenvaux, tutor of
Louis XIII
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...
, and
marshal of France
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.
In 1614 she married
Philippe Emmanuel de Laval, marquis de Sablé, who died in 1640, leaving her in somewhat straitened circumstances.
With her friend the comtesse de Saint Maure she took rooms in the
Place Royale, Paris, and established a literary salon.
The class of literature, of which the ''Maximes'' of
La Rochefoucauld is one of the best-known example, was originated here.
The ''Maximes'' of the marquise de Sablé were in fact composed before those of La Rochefoucauld, though not published till after her death.
In 1655 she retired, with the comtesse de St Maur, to the Convent of
Port Royal des Champs, near Magny in the Chevreuse valley, removing in 1661, when that establishment was closed, to
Auteuil.
In 1669 she took up her residence in the
Port Royal convent in Paris, where she died on 16 January 1678.
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References
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External links
The Maxims of Madame de Sabl途French and English
Sablé, Madeleine de Souvré, Marquise De (1598—1678)€”Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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1599 births
1678 deaths
17th-century French women writers
French salon-holders
17th-century French writers
17th-century letter writers
French marchionesses