Adrien Quiret de Margency also Adrien Cuyret de Margency (1727 – c. 1802) was an 18th-century French officer of the

Maison militaire du roi de France The ''maison militaire du roi de France'' (, ''military household of the king of France'') were the Royal guard, military branch of the Maison du Roi, the royal household of the List of French monarchs, French monarchy. Officially part of the Fr ...

(''Gentilhomme ordinaire de la chambre du roi''), writer and Encyclopédiste.

Biography

Quiret de Margency was the son of Adrien Cuyret (d. 1744) and Marie Madeleine d'Hocquinquant (d. 1761), married since 4 May 1718. In 1731, the father acquired in the town of

Margency Margency () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department and Île-de-France region of France. The composer Victor Serventi died in Margency on 16 March 2000. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a li ...

a manor and bailiwick of the previous owners for 57,000

livres Livre may refer to: Currency * French livre, one of a number of obsolete units of currency of France * Livre tournois, one particular obsolete unit of currency of France * Livre parisis, another particular obsolete unit of currency of France * F ...

. Margency is a commune of

Val-d'Oise Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.< ...

and possibly Adrien Quiret de Margency's birthplace He often frequented the salons of Paris inspired by the philosophie des Lumières, where he could meet

Baron d'Holbach Paul Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (; ; 8 December 1723 – 21 January 1789), known as d'Holbach, was a Franco-German philosopher, encyclopedist and writer, who was a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born in Edesheim, near Landau ...

, also called the ''Coterie holbachique'' or that of

Louise d'Épinay Louise Florence Pétronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles d'Épinay (11 March 1726 – 17 April 1783), better known as Mme d'Épinay, was a French writer, a '' saloniste'' and woman of fashion, known on account of her liaisons with Friedrich Melchior, Ba ...

.. He had a friendly relation with

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Republic of Geneva, Genevan philosopher (''philosophes, philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment through ...

. De Margency wrote some articles for the sixth and seventh volumes of the ''

Encyclopédie , better known as ''Encyclopédie'' (), was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations. It had many writers, known as the Encyclopédistes. It was edited by Denis ...

'' by

Denis Diderot Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during th ...

: ''Faveurs'', ''Fidélité'', ''Fleurette'' and ''Galanterie''. In 1761, de Margency was subject to a creative crisis similar to that of an experienced colleague, Joseph-François-Édouard de Corsembleu. He proposed marriage to his mistress Marie Madeleine de Brémond d'Ars, marquise de Verdelin (1728-1810), who was a widower since 1763.« Madame de Verdelin, l’aimable voisine de Jean-Jacques Rousseau à Margency et Soisy-sous-Montmorency », Séance théâtrale du 7 février 2012 à Soisy-sous-Montmorency, online
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Selected works

* ''La fidélité en amour n'est pas la constance, c'est une vertu plus délicate, plus scrupuleuse et plus rare.'' Citation d'Adrien Quiret de Margency; ''Mémoires'' 1759. * ''Aimer d'un amour sincère pour demeurer fidèle.'' Citation d'Adrien Quiret de Margency; ''Mémoires'' 1759

Bibliography

* Alexandre Nicolon; Claude Collineau; Bernard Deü: ''Histoire de Margency : 650 ans d'histoire locale, 200 ans d'histoire communale.'' Saint-Ouen-l'aumône, Valhermeil, 2003. * Frank Arthur Kafker: T''he encyclopedists as individuals: a biographical dictionary of the authors of the Encyclopédie.'' Oxford, Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth Century, 1988, , S. 246-7

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