Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Rambouillet, Catherine de Vivonne, Marquise de

RAMBOUILLET, CATHERINE DE VIVONNE, MARQUISE DE, a French social leader; born in Rome, Italy, in 1588. In 1600, when only 12 years old, she married Charles d'Angennes, son of the Marquis de Rambouillet, to whose title and estates he succeeded on the death of the latter in 1611. Her residence at Paris, the Hôtel Rambouillet, for more than 50 years formed the center of a circle which exercised great influence on French language, literature, and civilization. She died in Paris in 1665.