Marie-Charlotte Hippolyte de Campet de Saujon

Biography

Married (1746) to Édouard de Boufflers-Rouverel (d. 1763), Marquis de Boufflers. Mother of Louis Edouard. Mistress of Louis François I de Bourbon, Prince of Conti.

She was a friend and correspondent of several literary, musical and philosophical figures of mid-18th century Europe, including Jean-Jacques Rosseau, d'Alembert, Mozart, and, from 1761, David Hume, and she was generally considered "one of the greatest ladies of eighteenth-century France, famous for her beauty and intelligence."¹

Also known as

• Countess of Boufflers-Rouverel

Life with James Boswell

Boswell went with Count Boufflers to visit the Countess (the Count's mother) on June 6, 1764.

Notes

Note 1: Chappell, V.C. (1963). The Philosophy of David Hume, p. ix-x. (Read it now at Questia)

Mentioned in

Marie-Charlotte Hippolyte de Campet de Saujon is mentioned in:

• Boswell in Holland 1763-1764