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CLAUDINE FRANCOISE [commonly called See also:MARIE] See also:MIGNOT (c. 1617-1711)
, See also:French adventuress, was See also:born near See also:Grenoble, at Meylan
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At the See also:age of sixteen she attracted the See also:notice of the secretary of See also:Pierre See also:des Portes d'Amblerieux, treasurer of the See also:province of Dauphiny, and Amblerieux promised to promote their See also:marriage
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He married the girl himself, however, and See also:left her his See also:fortune
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His will was disputed by his See also:family, and Claudine went to See also:Paris in 1653 to secure its fulfilment
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She sought the See also:protection of See also:Francois de 1'H8pital, See also:marshal of See also:France, then a See also:man of seventy-five
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He married her within a See also:week of their first See also:meeting, and after seven years of marriage died leaving her See also:part of his See also:estate
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By a third and morganatic marriage in 1672 with See also: |
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