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Marianne de Chesne

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“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

Also known as

  • Madame Vattel

    • 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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  • Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764

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