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Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand
Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697 – 23 September 1780) was a French hostess and patron of the arts.
Life.
She was born at the Château de Chamrond, in Ligny-en-Brionnais, a village near Charolles ("département" of Saône-et-Loire) of a noble family. Educated at a Benedictine convent in Paris, she showed great intelligence and a sceptical, cynical turn of mind. The
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