Statue of Mme de Sevigne in Grignan, Drome France. blue sky Vertical 81109_Grignan
Françoise-Marguerite was born in Paris, France, on October 10, 1646. She was the first child of Henri, Marquis de Sévigné and his young wife, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal. Two years later, at the family Chateau Les Rochers in Brittany, her brother, Charles de Sévigné was born. In 1651, Henri was killed in a duel over his mistress, Madame de Gondran. Now a widow, the Marquise de Sévigné took her children back to Paris where they came to live with her uncle, l'abbé de Coulanges in the Marais district. Grignan is located in the south of the Drôme department, near the border of the neighbouring Vaucluse department, and close to Mont Ventoux, the highest mountain in Provence Madame de Sévigné travelled three times to Provence in order to spend time with her daughter and son-in-law: a 14-month stay beginning in 1672; another 14 month stay beginning in 1690 taken before a quick trip to Brittany; and a third stay of 22 months leading right up to her death in 1696. Madame de Sévigné spent only a little less than four years total in the part of France which occupied so much space in her heart and letters.
Size: 3400px × 5100px
Location: Grignan Drome France
Photo credit: © Daniel Valla FRPS / Alamy / Afripics
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