A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Nemours, Marie d'Orleans, Duchess de
NEMOURS, MARIE D'ORLEANS, DUCHESS DE,
Daughter of the Duke de Longueville, was born in 1625. She wrote some very agreeable "Memoirs of the War of the Fronde," in which she delineates in a masterly manner the principal persons concerned—describes transactions with great fidelity, and adds many anecdotes. She married, when very young, the Duke de Nemours, and died in 1707. By her virtues, her prudence, and her sagacity in those trying and difficult times, her endowment and taste for polite literature, she reflected lustre on her rank and station. By her address and influence, she recalled her father, who had espoused the canse of the princes of the blood, to his allegiance, and rescued him from his dangerous position. Through all the civil contentions that raged around her, the duchess preserved her independence and neutrality