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COMTESSE DE ELISABETH FRANCOISE SOPHIE DE LA LIVE DE See also:

BELLEGARDE See also:HOUDETOT (1730—1813)  , was See also:born in 1730 . She married the See also:comte de See also:Houdetot (see above) in 1748 . In 1753 she formed with the See also:marquis de See also:Saint See also:Lambert (q.v.) a connexion which lasted till his See also:death . Mme de Houdetot has been made famous by the See also:chapter in See also:Rousseau's Confessions in which he describes his unreciprocated See also:passion for her . When questioned on the subject she replied that he had much exaggerated . A view differing considerably from Rousseau's is to be found in the Memoires of Mme d'See also:Epinay, Mme de Houdetot's See also:sister-in-See also:law . For a discussion of her relations with Rousseau see Saint-Marc-See also:Girardin in the Revue See also:des deux mondes (See also:September 1853) .

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