Mirepoix, Marquise de, 182
Molière, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622–73), called, 15, 29, 111
Mollwitz, Battle of (1741), 130–1
money: introduction of paper, 16; monetary equivalents, 4
Montauban, Marquise de, 163
Montenero, Duke of, 159
Morley of Blackburn, John Morley, Viscount (1838–1923), 50
Mouhy, Charles de Fieux, Chevalier de, 81
Moussinot, Abbé, 59–60, 73, 84, 86
Nancy, 181, 217
Neuville, Comtesse de la, 45, 46, 52
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727): Voltaire compares Émilie to, 1; Voltaire studies, 31; Maupertuis studies, 33, 49; Mme de Richelieu studies, 39; French preference for Descartes, 41; and the apple, 52; Algarotti’s book, 60, 96; and shape of the earth, 61; Voltaire’s book about, 67, 79–80; Émilie studies, 154, 177; Émilie continues to work on her translation, 207, 210, 212; Émilie’s translation published, 224
Nivernais, Duc de, 4
Noailles, Adrien-Maurice, Duc de, Marshal of France (1678–1766), 161
Observations sur les écrits modernes (literary review), 48, 80–1, 85, 86, 92
Olivet, Pierre-Joseph Thoulier, Abbé d’ (1682–1768), 214
Orléans, Louis, Duc d’ (1705–52), 156
Orléans, Philippe, Duc d’ (1674–1723), 13, 14, 16, 18, 37
Ossolinski, Duchess, 181
Ossolinski, Duke, 181
Oxford, Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of (1689–1741), 23
‘Pan-pan’/‘Panpichon’ see Devaux, François-Antoine
Paris: Bastille, 14–15, 21; Café Procope, 35, 200; Chaussée d’Antin, 156; Hôtel/Palais Lambert, 108, 131–2; Notre Dame, 30; Place Louis XV/de la Concorde, 181; Porte Saint-Denis, 30; Saint-Gervais, 30; Saint-Sulpice, 30; society, 3–4
Paris brothers, 59
Paris-Montmartel, 157
Pascal, Blaise (1623–62), 29, 38, 40
Paulmy, A. de, 214
pavements, 156
Perrault, Claude (1613–88), 30
Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of (1658–1735), 23
Philippsburg, Siege of (1733–34), 38, 42–3
Pine, John (1690–1756), 110
Piron, Alexis (1689–1773), 48–9, 122, 135
Pitanal, François Gayot de (1673–1743), 86
Plombières, 197–9
Podewils, Henri, Comte de (1695–1760), 143
Poisson, François, 3
Polignac, Cardinal Melchior de (1661–1742), 143
Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de (1721–64): father, 3; helps Voltaire when in trouble with authorities, 13; background, 159; becomes King’s mistress, 159; Voltaire stays with, 162; helps smooth relations between Voltaire and the King, 165; Voltaire’s relationship with, 172; disliked by Mesdames de France, 199; prevents Comédie Italienne from putting on Sémiramis spoof, 203; presents Voltaire’s Panégyrique to King, 215
Pons, Prince de, 38, 42
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), 23, 24, 205
Poussin, Nicolas (1594–1665), 29
Prault (publisher), 112–13
Prévost d’Exiles, L’Abbé Antoine-François (1697–1763), 49
Prie, Jeanne-Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf, Marquise de (1698–1727), 18, 21, 25–6
Procope-Couteau, Michel-Procope Coltelli, called (1684–1753), 86
Racine, Jean-Baptiste (1639–99), 29, 30
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683–1764), 152, 154, 155, 164
Rheims, 136
Richelieu, Château de, 17
Richelieu, Louis-François-Armand-Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de (1696–1788): affair with Émilie, 1, 7; informed of Voltaire and Émilie’s affair, 2; Voltaire’s relationship with, 10, 37; helps Voltaire when in trouble with authorities, 13; in the Bastille, 14; to Vienna as Ambassador, 21; helps Voltaire regain favour after his exile in England, 25; marriage, 36–8; origins, 36; character, 37; returns to army, 38; Émilie writes to about Lettres philosophiques, 39; wounded in duel, 42; Émilie writes to about living in country with Voltaire, 44; Émilie spends time with, 46; offers to smooth over Émilie’s affair with her husband, 51; calms down Émilie’s husband when affair with Voltaire becomes public knowledge, 53; reaction to Voltaire’s row with Jore, 56; money owed to Voltaire, 59; irritation with Voltaire’s propensity for quarrelling, 85; governor of Languedoc, 87; and Voltaire’s row with Desfontaines, 87; Émilie stays with in Paris, 110; reaction to wife’s death, 122–3; rebuffs Émilie, 127–8; and Châteauroux, 137; helps Voltaire plot departure to Berlin, 140; organises fête for Dauphin’s wedding, 152, 154, 155, 158; as model for Voltaire character, 153; Voltaire lodges with at Versailles, 159; at Fontenoy, 161; intercedes between Émilie and the Queen, 163; and Le Temple de la Gloire, 164; helps smooth relations between Voltaire and the King, 165; mentioned in Voltaire’s inaugural Académie Française speech, 165; Voltaire and Émilie stay in his hotel at Fontainebleau, 170; to Genoa, 174; row with Voltaire over his speech to congratulate King on Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 213–15
Richelieu, Marie-Elisabeth-Sophie de Guise, Princesse de Lorraine, Duchesse de (d. 1740): background and marriage, 36–8; relationship with Émilie, 39–40; Émilie spends time with, 46; helps Voltaire get clearance to return to Paris, 49; supports Voltaire in yet another fight against the authorities, 72; employs Linant’s sister, 75; and Grafigny, 90; Émilie stays with in Paris, 110; death, 106, 122–3
Roche-sur-Yonne, Mlle de la (1695–1750), 198, 199
Rohan-Chabot, Gui Auguste, Chevalier de (b. 1684), 15, 19–21, 26
Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste (1671–1741): friendship with Breteuil family, 6; exile, 12; bad relationship with Voltaire, 30, 48, 54; Voltaire meets in Brussels, 71; slanders Voltaire, 73; returns from exile, 85; Voltaire on, 92, 99; Voltaire rejoices not to encounter in Paris, 111
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712–78), 183, 224
Roy, Pierre-Charles (1683–1764), 166–7
Saint-Aignan, Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvillier, Duc de (1684–1776), 214
Saint-Ange, Louis-Urbain Le Fèvre de Caumartin, Marquis de (1653–1720), 11
Saint-Aulaire, François-Joseph de Beaupoil, Marquis de (1643–1742), 19
Saint-Lambert, Jean-François, Marquis de (1716–1803): Grafigny mentions, 94, 98; Boufflers’ affair with, 182–5; background and character, 182–3; affair with Émilie, 189–95, 198–9, 202; verses and play by, 205–6; Émilie is pregnant by, 208–10; Émilie separates himself from in order to work, 210–11; attentiveness to Émilie during end of her pregnancy, 216; and Émilie’s death, 220–1; later life, 224
Saint-Pierre, Duchesse de, 29, 30–1, 32
Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de (1675–1755), 6
Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin (1804–69), 56–7
Saxe, (Hermann-) Maurice, Comte et Maréchal de (1696–1750), 161
Sayd Bacha, Ottoman Ambassador, 133
Sceaux, Château de, 171–2, 175
Servandoni, Jean-Jérôme (1695–1766), 30
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de (1626–96), 29, 37
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), 41, 53
Silesia, Prussian invasion of (1740), 125, 126, 130
smallpox, 160
sodomy, punishment for, 18–19
Soubise, Armand de Rohan, Cardinal de (1717–56), 214
Staal de Launay, Marguerite-Jeanne Cordier, Baronne de (1684–1750), 173–5
Stainville, Louise-Charlotte-Élisabeth de Bassompierre de Choiseul, Marquise de, 91
Stanislas Leczinski, Duke of Lorraine, ex-King of Poland (1677–1766): given Lorraine, 90; and Devaux, 91; invites Voltaire and Émilie to Lorraine, 180–8; background, 181; life at his Court, 181–8; visits his daughter the Queen, 192, 197; and Saint-Lambert’s affair with Émilie, 194; organises trip to Plombières for Boufflers, 197, 199; arranges for her to be made lady-in-waiting to Mesdames de France, 199; Émilie begs him to allow Saint-Lambert to come to Commercy, 202; gives du Châtelet Court position, 2
03; La Philosophe chrétien, 203; Voltaire on, 205; fun at Court, 205; admiration for Voltaire, 206; agrees to let Émilie have her baby at Lunéville, 211–12; taste for building, 217; Voltaire complains to about Household Controller, 218; gives Émilie state funeral, 222
Strachey, Lytton, 52
Sully, Duc de (b. 1760), 13, 16, 20, 21, 24
Sweden, Louisa Ulrica, Crown Princess of, 165
Swift, Jonathan (1667–1745), 23
Taillandier, René Gaspard Ernest Taillandier, called Saint-René (1817–79), 165
Teniers, David (1610–94), 60
Thieriot, Nicholas-Claude (1696–1772): Voltaire’s relationship with, 10; gossiping about Voltaire’s writings, 12; guest at La Rivière-Bourdet, 17; laziness, 17; makes trouble between Voltaire and Desfontaines, 18, 47; Voltaire writes to from England, 22–3; steals copies of the Henriade, 24–5; Voltaire complains to about unhappiness, 26; Voltaire tries to get him into Fontaine-Martel’s house, 27; and Lettres philosophiques, 33–4; Voltaire writes to from Cirey, 46; laziness about correspondence, 61; sends Frederick the Great a weekly news bulletin from Paris, 66; Voltaire’s niece writes to about life at Cirey, 77–8; involvement in Voltaire’s row with Desfontaines over Newton book, 80, 82, 83–5, 86, 88; Frederick won’t pay for materials sent to him, 125, 136, 147; socialises with Voltaire in Paris, 131
Thil, Mlle du, 164, 220
Thurn and Taxis, Princess, 120
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (1696–1770), 60
Travenol, 167
Trichâteau, Marquis de, 94, 108, 131
Valory, Louis-Gui-Henry, Marquis de (1692–1774), 123, 125, 147
Van Duren (publisher), 117, 118, 119–20
Vauvenargues, Luc Clapiers, Marquis de (1715–47), 158, 166, 167
Vaux-le-Vicomte (Villars), Château de, 17
Veronese, Paul (1528–88), 94
Versailles, 30
Villars see Vaux-le-Vicomte, Château de
Villars, Claude Louis Hector, Duc de, Marshal of France (1653–1734), 17, 138
Villars, Duchesse de, 17, 138
Ville, Jean-Ignace, Abbé de la (1690–1774), 214
Villefort, M. de, 57–8
Voisenon, Claude-Henri de Fusée, Abbé de (1708–75), 107
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet de) (1694–1778) GENERAL: appearance, 11, 92; art collection, 60; attitude to critics and the public, 49; friendships, 1, 9–10; generosity, 59, 125; health, 19; opinion of Émilie, 57; on Paris society, 4; and religion, 73–4; writing style, 52
LIFE: background, 9–10; love of society, 10–11; troubles with the authorities, 11–16; formally exiled by the Regent, 13–14; sent to the Bastille, 14–15; changes name, 15; success of Œdipe rehabilitates him for a while, 16; love of country house life, 16–17; love affairs, 18; Queen settles pension on, 18; humiliation at hands of Rohan-Chabot ends with second trip to Bastille, 19–21; exile in England, 22–5; lodges with Baronne de Fontaine-Martel till her death, 27–9; Émilie visits, 29; trouble over Temple, 29–30; courts Émilie, 30–3; correspondence with Émilie, 32–3; attends Richelieu’s wedding, 36–8; the reaction to the publication of Lettres philosophiques forces him to flee again, 38–43; takes refuge at Cirey, 44, 45–7; antagonistic relationships with other writers, 47–9; allowed to return to Paris, 49–51; back to Cirey, 51; his affair with Émilie is publicly revealed, 53–4; life at Cirey, 55–8, 60–3, 89–106; growing wealth from business dealings, 58–60; begins correspondence with Frederick the Great, 64–6; growing interest in natural philosophy, 66–7; more trouble with the authorities sends him fleeing to Holland, 68–72; helps his sister’s daughter, 76–8; enters Académie des Sciences fire competition, unsuccessfully, 79; dreadful row with Desfontaines sparked by Voltaire’s Newton book, 80–8, 92–3, 99; his wing at Cirey, 93–4, 154; buys Hôtel/ Palais Lambert for Émilie, 108; travels to Low Countries, 108–10; trip to Paris with Émilie, 110–12; returns to Brussels with Émilie, 112–15; meets Frederick at last, 118–22; Fleury uses as his unofficial envoy to Frederick, 123–6; rejoins Émilie in Brussels, 127–30; eye inflammation, 128; stay in Paris with Émilie, 131–6; his part in Prussia’s alliance with France gets him into trouble again, 133–6; fails to get elected to Académie Française, 137–9; plots departure to Frederick’s Court, 140–1; trip to Frederick’s Court, 142–7; rejoins Émilie, 147–8; happy summer at Cirey with Émilie, 151–5; prepares work to be performed at Versailles, 152–4, 155, 158; attends thanksgiving festivities for King’s recovery from illness, 155–6; affair with niece, 157–8; made official historian and given apartment at Versailles, 159; opens correspondence with Pope, 163–4; at Court, 164–5; worsening health, 165, 167–8; elected to Académie Française at last, 165; slander campaign against, 165–7; disastrous visit to Fontainebleau with Émilie results in lost influence at Court, 169–71, 172; hides at Sceaux, 171–2; spends more time with Duchesse de Maine, 173–5; relationship with Émilie in doldrums, 175–7; leaves Paris again, in semi-exile, 177–80; carriage accident, 179–80; visit to Lorraine Court, 186–96; quarrels with Denis, 201; travels, very ill, to Lunéville, 201–2; a further stay in Lorraine, 202–6; reaction to Émilie being pregnant by Saint-Lambert, 208–10; recommences correspondence with Frederick, 212–13; accompanies Émilie to Lunéville for the end of her pregnancy, 216–19; reaction to baby’s birth, 219–20; reaction to Émilie’s death, 220–3; later life, 224
WORKS: Adéla de du Guesclin, 33, 34; Alzire, 46, 47, 71, 159; Babouc, 172; La Bataille de Fontenoy gagnée par Louis XVsur les Alliés, 161, 162; Le Bourbier, 11; Boursoufle, 97, 99–100, 173–5; Brutus, 26; Candide, 67; Catalina, 203; Contes philos-ophiques, 172, 206; Dictionnaire philosophique, 67; Les Élements de la philosophie de Newton, 67, 79–80; Éloge Funèbre, 153–4; UEnfant prodigue, 159; Épîtres, 97; Essay on Epic Poetry, 47–8; Henriade, 12, 17–18, 24–5, 67, 87, 110; Histoire de Charles XII, 26, 82; L’Indiscret, 18; Lettres philosophiques, 26, 33–4, 38–41, 82, 139; Mahomet, 109, 121, 130, 133, 135–6, 164; Marianne, 18; Mérope, 117, 137–8, 159, 187; Métaphysique, 70; Le Mondain, 67–8, 69; La Mort de César, 52–4, 100, 140; Nanine, 212; Ode sur lefanatisme, 112; Œdipe, 15–16, 159; Panégyrique à Louis XV, 214–15; Le Préservatif contre les Observations, 81, 88, 92–3; La Princesse de Navarre, 153–4, 155, 158; La Pucelle, 46, 50–1, 98–9, 103–4, 206; Recueil de pièces fugitives, 112–13; Samson, 152; Sémi-ramis, 170, 191, 193, 197, 199–201, 203, 204–5; Siècle de Louis XIV, 52, 74, 96, 109, 112; Le Temple de la Gloire, 164; Le Temple du Goût, 26, 29–30; Zadig, 172; Zaïre, 26, 62, 102, 159, 204; Zulime, 85–6
Watteau, Jean-Antoine (1694–1721), 60, 94, 126
Wilkes, John (1727–97), 23
Wolff, Christian, Baron de, 64, 113, 118
Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary (1689–1762), 62
Young, Edward, 24
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