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Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux was born Lucie Frederica Marguerite Jourdain on 9 May 1850 in Louviers, into a prominent family of drapers. [1] Her father was Frédéric-Joseph Jourdain. [ 2 ] She was the half-sister of the painter Roger Joseph Jourdain .
In 1892, he married Marguerite Jourdain Baugnies and adopted her three children from her prior marriage. [2] Saint-Marceaux was also a medallist, and a collector of Ancient Greek coins. In 1907 he was commissioned to execute the plaquette for the Société française des Amis de la Médaille. [3]
During World War I, the Opéra de Paris director Jacques Rouché asked Colette, whom he met at one of Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux's salons, to provide the text for a fairy ballet. Colette originally wrote the story under the title Divertissements pour ma fille. After Colette chose Ravel to set the text to music, a copy was sent to him in 1916 ...
She also wrote plays and a novel. Her musical compositions were performed by Paul Dukas, Maurice Ravel, and Gabriel Fauré frequently at the Salon of Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux, where she and her husband were regulars (he starting in 1908, she in 1913). [1] After the first World War, Charlotte Sohy's pieces were performed less often. [3]
Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987), American writer and illustrator of children's books; Marguerite De La Motte (1902–1950), American film actress; Marguerite de la Sablière (c. 1640–1693), French salonist and polymath; Marguerite Derricks (born 1961), American choreographer; Marguerite Duras (1914–1996), French writer and film director
An abridged version of the book was read by Robert Glenister on BBC Radio 4 as Book of the Week between Monday 10 and Friday 14 January 2005. [5]The Last Duel, a drama documentary based on the book and including comments by Jager, was broadcast by BBC Four as part of a medieval-themed season on 24 April 2008.
Portrait of Marguerite, Queen of Navarre, attributed to Jean Clouet, c. 1530. The Gentleman's Spur catching in the Sheet. Illustration from an 1894 edition of The Tales of the Heptameron. The Heptaméron is a collection of 72 short stories written in French by Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), published
Charles Juste de Beauvau, 2nd Prince of Craon; Pomponne de Bellièvre; Ange-Élisabeth-Louis-Antoine Bonnier; Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent; Louise de Bossigny; Bouchard III of Montmorency; Bouchard IV of Montmorency; Bouchard V of Montmorency; Catherine-Charlotte de Boufflers; Inès de Bourgoing; François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil ...