A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Louvencourt, Marie de

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4120741A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Louvencourt, Marie de

LOUVENCOURT, MARIE DE,

Was born at Paris in 1680. Graceful and intellectual, she was the ornament of both gay and literary society. She had a fine voice, and sang and played exquisitely. Several of her songs have been set to music by the most celebrated composers of her time. She lived unmarried, and died in 1712.