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MARQUISE DE MADELEINE DE SOUVRE See also: born in 1599, the daughter of Gilles de Souvre, See also: marquis de Courtenvaux, tutor of See also: Louis XIII., and marshal of
See also: France
.
In 1614 she married Philippe See also: Emmanuel de Laval, marquis de See also: Sable, who died in 1640, leaving her in somewhat straitened circumstances
.
With her friend the comtesse de St Maur she took rooms in the Place Royale, See also: Paris, and established a See also: literary See also: salon
.
Here originated that class of literature of which the Maximes of La Rochefoucauld are the best-known example
.
The Maximes of the marquise de Sable were in fact composed before those of La Rochefoucauld, though not published till after her See also: death
.
In 1655 she retired, with the comtesse de St Maur, to the Convent of See also: Port Royal See also: des Champs, near Marly, 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 the 16th of See also: January 1678
.
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