Louis Marie Florent du Châtelet
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Louis Marie Florent de Lomont d'Haraucourt, duke of Châtelet (20 November 1727, Semur-en-Auxois
, Côte-d'Or
- 13 December 1793, Paris), was a French army officer, nobleman and diplomat. He served as (among other roles) governor of Semur-en-Auxois
in Burgundy. He was guillotined in 1793 aged 66. He is also notable as the son of Émilie du Châtelet
, scientist and lover of Voltaire
.
. Like many marriages among the nobility
, theirs was an arranged marriage. The couple had little in common, but the proprieties were observed in accordance with contemporary norms. The Marquis Florent-Claude du Chastellet and Émilie du Châtelet had three children: Francoise Gabriel Pauline, who was born on June 30, 1726, Louis Marie Florent, born on November 20, 1727, and Victor-Esprit, born at Paris in 1734, who died in infancy. After bearing three children, Émilie, considering her marital responsibilities fulfilled, made an agreement with her husband to live separate lives while still maintaining one household.
Semur-en-Auxois
Semur-en-Auxois is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.Semur-en-Auxois has a medieval core, built on a pink granite bluff more than half-encircled by the River Armançon...
, Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...
- 13 December 1793, Paris), was a French army officer, nobleman and diplomat. He served as (among other roles) governor of Semur-en-Auxois
Semur-en-Auxois
Semur-en-Auxois is a commune of the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.Semur-en-Auxois has a medieval core, built on a pink granite bluff more than half-encircled by the River Armançon...
in Burgundy. He was guillotined in 1793 aged 66. He is also notable as the son of Émilie du Châtelet
Émilie du Châtelet
-Early life:Du Châtelet was born on 17 December 1706 in Paris, the only daughter of six children. Three brothers lived to adulthood: René-Alexandre , Charles-Auguste , and Elisabeth-Théodore . Her eldest brother, René-Alexandre, died in 1720, and the next brother, Charles-Auguste, died in 1731...
, scientist and lover of Voltaire
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
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Birth, youth and marriage
On 20 June 1725 his father Florent-Claude du Chastellet married Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, who became known as Émilie du ChâteletÉmilie du Châtelet
-Early life:Du Châtelet was born on 17 December 1706 in Paris, the only daughter of six children. Three brothers lived to adulthood: René-Alexandre , Charles-Auguste , and Elisabeth-Théodore . Her eldest brother, René-Alexandre, died in 1720, and the next brother, Charles-Auguste, died in 1731...
. Like many marriages among the nobility
Nobility
Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...
, theirs was an arranged marriage. The couple had little in common, but the proprieties were observed in accordance with contemporary norms. The Marquis Florent-Claude du Chastellet and Émilie du Châtelet had three children: Francoise Gabriel Pauline, who was born on June 30, 1726, Louis Marie Florent, born on November 20, 1727, and Victor-Esprit, born at Paris in 1734, who died in infancy. After bearing three children, Émilie, considering her marital responsibilities fulfilled, made an agreement with her husband to live separate lives while still maintaining one household.
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- Hubert Saget Louis Marie Florent du Châtelet