Voltaire in Love (35 page)

Dangeau, Philippe de Courcillon, Marquis de (1638–1720),
6

Dauphin of France, Louis (1729–65),
68
,
139
,
152
,
158
,
203

Dauphine of France, Marie Thérèse Raphaele, Infanta of Spain (1727–47),
152
,
153
,
158

Deffand, Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise de (1697–1780): on Émilie's appearance,
2
; and
Lettres philosophiques,
38
; cruel pen-portrait of Émilie,
56
; on Voltaire's affair with Émilie,
57
; Hénault discusses Voltaire with,
134
; relationship with Hénault,
154
; de Staal writes to,
173
; on Saint-Lambert,
183
; Émilie refuses to see while working,
212

Denis, M.,
76
,
151

Denis, Marie-Louise Mignot, Mme (1712–90): Voltaire helps out,
76–8
; Voltaire and Émilie visit,
149
; husband's death,
151
; Voltaire commences affair with,
157–8
,
169
; Voltaire writes to,
173
; fails to persuade Voltaire to leave Émilie,
175–6
,
178
; Voltaire writes to her of his love for her,
191
; Voltaire writes to from Lorraine,
195–6
; quarrels with Voltaire,
201
; Voltaire writes to about birth of Émilie's daughter,
220
; Voltaire's intention to comfort himself with her after Émilie's death,
222–3
; Voltaire sets up house with,
224

Decartes, René (1596–1650),
31
,
33
,
41
,
79

Desfontaines, Abbé Pierre-François Guyot (1685–1745): sodomy case against,
18–19
; Voltaire attacks,
30
; Voltaire's hatred of,
47–8
,
49
; and
La Mort de César,
53
; publicly reveals Voltaire's affair with Émilie,
53–4
; row with Voltaire sparked by Voltaire's Newton book,
80–8
,
92–3
,
99
;
La Voltairomanie,
81–5
,
86
,
88
; Voltaire rejoices not to encounter in Paris,
111
; makes trouble about
Mahomet,
135
; death,
166
; immortality given him by quarrels with Voltaire,
167

Desmarets, Léopold,
98
,
100
,
102
,
104
,
105
,
106

Devaux, François-Antoine ('Pan-pan', ‘Panpichon') (1712–96): background,
91
; Grafigny's letters to,
91–106
; Voltaire on,
94
; affair with Boufflers,
182
; and Émilie's affair with Saint-Lambert,
190
; verses by,
205

Dickens, Guy, English Ambassador to Berlin,
126

Diderot, Denis (1713–84),
183

Drumgold (Irishman),
106

Duclos, Charles Pinot (1704–72),
214

Dumesnil, Marie-Françoise March-and, called Mlle (1711–1803),
138

Dumolard,
125

Duresnel, Jean-François du Bellay, Abbé de Sept-Fontaines (1692–1761),
214

Eller, Johan-Theodor,
147

Émilie
see
Châtelet, Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du

Enghien,
109–10

England and the English,
22–5
,
34
,
40–1

Étiolles, Château d',
162

Euler, Leonhard (1707–83),
79

Fawkener, Sir Everard (1684–1758): background,
23
; Voltaire meets in England,
23
,
24
;
Zaïre
dedicated to,
26
; appointed English Ambassador to the Porte,
62
; Voltaire writes to,
62–3
,
114–15
,
132–3
,
204–5
; Voltaire invites to Cirey,
90
; at Fontenoy,
161–2

fermiers-généraux,
3–4

Fitzjames, Duchesse de,
163

Flavacourt, Marquise de,
163

Fleury, André-Hercule, Cardinal de, Bishop of Fréjus (1653–1742): opinion of Voltaire,
11
; background,
26
; Mirepoix complains to about Voltaire,
68
; du Châtelet intercedes with on Voltaire's behalf,
72
; 'sGravesande does same,
73
; and Lecouvreur,
75
; uses Voltaire as his unofficial envoy in Berlin,
123–5
,
136
; and
Mahomet,
133
; death,
136–7

Foncemagne, Étienne Leuréault de (1694–1779),
214

Fontaine-Martel, Baronne de,
27–9
,
131

Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de (1657–1757),
5–6
,
137
,
165
,
166

Fontenoy, Battle of (1745),
160–2

Forster, Edward Morgan (1879–1970),
79

Four, Mme du,
174

Fourqualquiers, M. de,
29

Francis I, François-Étienne, Duc de Lorraine, Emperor (1708–65),
90
,
111

Frederick II, the Great, King of Prussia (1712–86): and Newton,
41
; begins correspondence with Voltaire,
64–6
; Voltaire's growing attraction to,
69–70
; Voltaire writes to from exile in Holland,
71
; correspondence with Voltaire,
73
; sends Voltaire Kaiserling,
74
,
95
; Linant plots to live in his establishment,
75–6
; and Voltaire's Newton book,
80
; Thieriot sends
La Voltairomanie
to,
85
,
87
; on Voltaire's energy,
90
; present sent to Émilie,
94
; Voltaire asks him to intercede in du Châtelet family lawsuit,
109
; on d'Arenberg,
110
;
Anti-Machiavel,
110
,
116
,
117
,
118
,
119–20
,
125
; corresponds with Voltaire about royal marriages,
111
; relationship with Voltaire,
116–17
; succeeds to the throne,
117–18
; plans to meet Voltaire but not Émilie,
118–19
; meets Voltaire at last,
120–2
; character,
121–2
; life at his Court,
126
,
142
,
144
; invades Silesia,
125
,
126
,
130
; Voltaire writes to about his inflammation of the eyes,
128
; at Mollwitz,
130–1
,
132
; helps Émilie with family lawsuit,
131
; forms alliance with France, then makes peace with Maria-Theresa,
133–6
; Voltaire visits at Aix,
136
; delight at Voltaire failing to get elected to Académie Française,
139
; Voltaire plots departure to his Court,
140–1
; Voltaire's visit to,
143–7
; daily life,
143–4
; named in Voltaire's inaugural Académie
Française speech,
165
; Voltaire, fearing death, bequeaths manuscripts to,
167–8
; continues to ask Voltaire to go and live with him,
172
; Voltaire speaks to about Plombières,
197
; Voltaire recommences correspondence with,
212–13
; his famous quote about Voltaire,
213

Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1688–1740),
69
,
117

Fréjus, Bishop
of see
Fleury, André-Hercule, Cardinal de

Froulay, Bailli de,
68

Galloche, Louis (1670–1761),
60
Gaussin, Jeanne-Catherine Gaussem, called Mlle (1711–67),
151

Gay, John (1685–1732),
23

Gaya, Chevalier de,
173

Genlis, Stéphanie-Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Comtesse de (1746–1830),
5

George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1660–1727),
22

George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland (1683–1760),
23

Gontaut, Duc de,
4

Goujon, Jean
(c.
1510-c. 1563),
30

Grafigny, Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt, Dame de (1695–1758): background,
83
,
89
; letters from Cirey,
91–106
; later life and writings,
106–7

'sGravesande, Willem Jacob (1688–1742),
71
,
73
,
80
,
118

Gresset, Jean-Baptiste-Louis (1709–77),
214

Grévin, Jacques (1538–70),
41

Grignan, Françoise-Marguerite, Comtesse de (1646–1705),
37

Guébriant, Marquis de,
7

Guise, Prince de,
36–7
,
59

Hague, The,
143
; La Vieille Cour,
122

Hardion, Jacques (1686–1766),
214

Harley, Laura,
31

Helvétius, Claude-Adrien (1715–71),
106
,
149

Hénault, Charles-Jean-François, President of the Chamber (1685–1770),
13
,
134–5
,
154–5
,
156
,
165
,
183
,
214

Henri IV, King of France (1553–1610),
11–12
,
17–18

Hérault, M., Chief of Police,
70
Hervey, John Hervey, Lord (1696–1743),
23
,
60–1

Hoensbrock, Marquis de,
160

Holland,
71

Houdar de la Motte, Antoine, called Lamotte-Houdar (1672–1731),
11

Houdetot, Mme d',
183
,
224

Jacquier, Père François (1711–88),
154
,
162

James Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender (1688–1766),
6

Joan of Arc, Maid of Orléans,
50

Jordan, Charles-Étienne (b. 1700),
121
,
147

Jore (publisher),
34
,
38–9
,
56

Kaiserling, Count (Caesarion),
74
,
75–6
,
120

Koenig, Samuel (1712–57),
109
,
112
,
113–14
,
121
,
127

La Barbarini,
146

La Bruyère, Jean de (1645–96),
6

La Chaussée, Pierre-Claud Nivelle de (1692–1754),
214

La Condamine, Charles Marie de (1701–74),
61

La Fontaine, Jean de (1621–95),
29

La Galaizière, Marquis de (1697–1766),
182
,
183–4
,
185
,
191
,
205
,
212

La Mettrie, Julien Offroy de (1709–1751),
113

La Morlière, Jacques Rochette, Chevalier de (1719–85),
200

La Popelinière, Alexandre-Joseph le Riche de (1692–1762),
85

La Rivière-Bourdet, Château de,
17

La Source, Château de,
17

LaVallière, Louis-César de la Baume Le Blanc Duc de (1708–80),
4
,
155

LaVallière, Mme de,
155
La Vrillière, Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Saint Florentin, Marquis de Châteauneuf et de (1672–1725),
15

Lafayette, Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comtesse de (1634–1693),
29

Lamotte-Houdar
see
Houdar de la Motte, Antoine Lancret, Nicolas (1690–1743),
60
,
136

Law, John (1671–1729),
16

Le Brun (writer of ‘J'ai vu'),
14

Le Brun, Charles (1619–90) ,
29
,
111

Le Sueur, Eustache (1616–55),
29–30

LeVau, Louis (1612–70),
30

Lecouvreur, Adrienne,
19–20
,
26
,
61
,
75

Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646–1716),
41
,
64
,
90–1
,
113
,
127
,
154
,
162

libertins du Temple, les,
13

Liège, Georges-Louis de Berg, Bishop of,
121

Linant, Michel (1708–49): background,
27
; nature of Voltaire's relationship with,
31
; lives with Voltaire,
34–5
; Voltaire scolds Cideville for introducing him to him,
38
; visit to Cideville,
47
; visits Voltaire on his return from country exile,
50
; tutors Émilie's children,
52
,
55
; life at Cirey,
74–5
; sister employed at Cirey,
75–6
; leaves Cirey,
76
; and Voltaire's row with Desfontaines,
87
; wins Academy prize,
110

Livry, Mlle,
16

Lixin, Prince de,
38
,
42

Locke, John (1632–1704),
31

London,
22

Longchamp (secretary to Voltaire): Voltaire hires,
170
; helps Voltaire escape from Fontainebleau,
171
; on quarrels between Voltaire and Émilie,
177
; accompanies Voltaire and Émilie to Cirey,
178–80
; accompanies Voltaire and Émilie to Commercy,
193
; helps calm down quarrel between Voltaire and Émilie,
194–5
; ignorance of Voltaire's affair with Denis,
201
; accompanies Voltaire on trip to Lunéville,
201–2
; on Émilie being pregnant by Saint-Lambert,
208
; and Émilie's death,
220–1

Lorraine,
90
,
91
,
181–96
,
202–6
,
216–21

Louis XIV, King of France (1638–1715),
52

Louis XV, King of France (1710–74): Voltaire refused permission
to dedicate
Henriade
to,
18
; makes Fleury his chief Minister,
26
; and Richelieu,
37
; habits at meals,
58
; scientific expeditions financed by,
61
; affair with Mailly,
110
; marriage of eldest daughter,
111
; Fleury's influence on,
137
; attitude to Voltaire,
137
; affair with Châteauroux,
137
; Bishop of Mirepoix complains to about Voltaire,
140–1
; his allure for Voltaire,
142
; asks Richelieu for better fêtes at Versailles,
152
; Voltaire's relationship with,
153–4
,
164–5
; thanksgiving for his recovery from illness,
155–6
; and
La Princesse de Navarre,
158
; affair with Pompadour,
159
; at Fontenoy,
160–1
; and Voltaire's Fontenoy poem,
161
; mentioned in Voltaire's inaugural Académie Française speech,
165
; relationship with wife,
172
; appoints Boufflers lady-in-waiting to Mesdames de France,
199
; Academician deputation to congratulate him on Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle,
213–15

Lugeac, Marquis de (b. 1720),
126

Lully, Jean-Baptiste
(c.
1632–87),
111

Lunéville,
90
,
91
,
181–92
,
205–6
,
216–21

Luxembourg, Mme de,
138

Luynes, Charles Philippe d'Albert, Duc de (1695–1758),
163

Luynes, Duchesse de, Mistress of the Robes,
163

Luynes, Paul d'Albert de
see
Bayeux, Bishop of