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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné

1626 - 1696

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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696), also widely known as Madame de Sévigné or Mme de Sévigné, was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness, were addressed to her daughter, Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné has received more than 232,936 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné is the 798th most popular writer (up from 834th in 2019), the 937th most popular biography from France (down from 925th in 2019) and the 125th most popular French Writer.

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, was a French aristocrat and writer. She is most famous for her letters, which she wrote to her daughter and friends.

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Among writers, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné ranks 798 out of 5,755. Before her are Nonnus, Juliette Récamier, Max Jacob, Virginia Satir, Neale Donald Walsch, and Julian Barnes. After her are Ernest Thompson Seton, Gregory of Narek, Isabelle de Charrière, Ambrose Bierce, Christopher Tolkien, and Muriel Spark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1626, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné ranks 7. Before her are Christina, Queen of Sweden, Sabbatai Zevi, Jan Steen, Richard Cromwell, Francesco Redi, and William II, Prince of Orange. After her are Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Giovanni Legrenzi, Louis Couperin, Bada Shanren, Andrea Guarneri, and John Aubrey. Among people deceased in 1696, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné ranks 5. Before her are John III Sobieski, Ivan V of Russia, Mariana of Austria, and Empress Meishō. After her are Jean de La Bruyère, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach, Murad Giray, Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, and Shi Lang.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné ranks 937 out of 6,011. Before her are Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Dausset (1916), Max Jacob (1876), Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), and Thierry Henry (1977). After her are Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518), Antoine Meillet (1866), Henri Lebesgue (1875), Carolus Clusius (1525), Leonard of Noblac (496), and Gaston Maspero (1846).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné ranks 125. Before her are George Steiner (1929), Maurice Druon (1918), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Philippe Ariès (1914), Juliette Récamier (1777), and Max Jacob (1876). After her are Jean Anouilh (1910), Laura de Noves (1310), Madame Roland (1754), Theodore Beza (1519), Annie Ernaux (1940), and Antoine Galland (1646).

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