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Marianne de Chesne (-)

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Marianne de Chesne. (-) (aka. Madame Vattel)

A member of a French noble family who had settled in Saxony.¹ In 1764 she married Emerich de Vattel at Dresden, with whom she had a son in January , 1765.

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell was introduced to her by her husband on October 9, 1764. He described her as a handsome young Polish lady. She was actually of French descendance.

Notes:

Note 1: According to the article Émerich de Vattel by J.E.G. Montgomery in the Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation, Vol. 10, No. 1 (1909), pp. 17-39

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