MOTTEVILLE, FRANCOISE BERTAUT DE (c. 1621-1689)

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MOTTEVILLE, FRANCOISE BERTAUT DE (c. 1621-1689) , French memoir writer, was the daughter of Pierre

Bertaut

BERTAUT, JEAN (1552–1611)

, a

gentleman

GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its
original
- ORIGINAL
and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

of the king's chamber, and niece of the bishop-poet Jean

Bertaut

BERTAUT, JEAN (1552–1611)

. Her mother, a Spaniard, was the friend and private secretary of Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII. At the age of seven Frangoise was also made a member of the queen's household and given a pension. The influence of Richelieu, however, who wished to

separate

SEPARATE

the queen from her Spanish connexions, exiled mother and daughter to Normandy, where in 1639 the

young

girl was married to Nicolas Langlois, seigneur de Motteville, president of the Chambre des Comptes of Rouen. He died two years later at the age of eighty-two, and in 1642 the queen summoned Mme de Motteville to court, being now her own mistress by the death of Richelieu and Louis XIII. Through all the intrigues and troubles of the Fronde Mme de Motteville preserved the honourable reputation of being devoted to her mistress without any party ties or interests. Some letters of hers are preservedespecially a curious correspondence with " La Grande Mademoiselle " on

marriage

MARRIAGE

, but her

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

work

WORK

is her Memoires, which are in effect a 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 life of the court at that time.
The best edition of her Memoires is that of M. F. Riaux (2nd ed., Paris, 1891, 4 vols.), containing the essay by Sainte-Beuve from vol. v. of his Causeries du lundi. The Memoirs were translated into English in 1726 and again by K. P. Wormeley in 3 vols., 1902. For details concerning her family see Recherches sur Madame de Motteville et sur sa famille, by Charles de Beaurepaire (Rouen, 1900).

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