FRANCOISE See also:BERTAUT DE See also:MOTTEVILLE (c. 1621-1689)
, See also:French memoir writer, was the daughter of See also:Pierre See also:Bertaut, a See also:gentleman of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's chamber, and niece of the See also:bishop-poet See also:Jean Bertaut
.
Her See also:mother, a Spaniard, was the friend and private secretary of See also:Anne of See also:Austria, wife of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIII
.
At the See also:age of seven Frangoise was also made a member of the See also:queen's See also:household and given a See also:pension
.
The See also:influence of See also:Richelieu, however, who wished to See also:separate the queen from her See also:Spanish connexions, exiled mother and daughter to See also:Normandy, where in 1639 the See also:young girl was married to See also:Nicolas See also:Langlois, seigneur de See also:Motteville, See also:president of the Chambre See also:des Comptes of See also:Rouen
.
He died two years later at the age of eighty-two, and in 1642 the queen summoned Mme de Motteville to See also:court, being now her own See also:mistress by the See also:death of Richelieu and Louis XIII
.
Through all the intrigues and troubles of the See also:Fronde Mme de Motteville preserved the See also:honourable reputation of being devoted to her mistress without any party ties or interests
.
Some letters of hers are preserved—especially a curious See also:correspondence with " La Grande Mademoiselle " on See also:marriage, but her See also:chief See also:work is her Memoires, which are in effect a See also:history of Anne of Austria, written briefly till the date of Mme de Motteville's return to court, and then with fullness
.
They give a faithful picture of the See also:life of the court at that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time
.
The best edition of her Memoires is that of M
.
F
.
Riaux (2nd ed., See also:Paris, 1891, 4 vols.), containing the See also:essay by Sainte-Beuve from vol. v. of his Causeries du lundi
.
The See also:Memoirs were translated into See also:English in 1726 and again by K
.
P
.
Wormeley in 3 vols., 1902
.
For details concerning her See also:family see Recherches sur Madame de Motteville et sur sa famille, by See also:Charles de Beaurepaire (Rouen, 1900)
.
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