Anne-Antoinette Diderot [SEP] date of death
Anne-Antoinette Diderot
Anne-Antoinette Diderot (born Anne-Antoinette Champion 22 February 1710 – 10 April 1796) was the wife of the pioneer encyclopedist Denis Diderot and the mother of his only surviving child, Marie-Angélique Diderot (1753–1824).
The marriage took place in the teeth of parental opposition and accordingly, after dark on a Wednesday night, under conditions of secrecy. Sources indicate that the couple's life together was not without incident, but the marriage nevertheless endured from 1743 until the death of the
hospital in La Ferté-Bernard.
His widow now relocated to Paris, accompanied by her youngest daughter, Anne Antoinette. The girl attended a monastic school till 1729. In 1741, using the name Nanette, she was living with her mother Marie Champion in the , where both women were supporting themselves with laundry, sewing and lace making.
Life The path to marriage.
1741 found Denis Diderot living in a room in the same house as Anne-Antoinette and her mother. Early in 1743, having known them