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Marie-Aurore de Saxe (20 September 1748 – 26 December 1821), known after her first marriage as Countess of Horn and after the second as Madame Dupin de Francueil, was an illegitimate daughter of Marshal Maurice de Saxe and a grandmother of George Sand.
She was called Maria Aurora (in French: Marie Aurore) after her grandmother. She bore the surname de la Rivière until 1766 when the Parlement of Paris formally recognized her parentage and she could assume the surname of von Sachsen or de Saxe .
Marie-Aurore de Saxe, comtesse de Horn, puis Madame Dupin de Francueil, est née à Paris le 20 septembre 1748 et morte à Nohant-Vic ( Indre ), le 26 décembre 1821. Fille naturelle du maréchal Maurice de Saxe, elle est la grand-mère de George Sand.
This chapter focuses on Marie-Aurore de Saxe, illegitimate daughter of Marie Rinteau, the former mistress of her father Maurice de Saxe, marshal of the French Army. Due to her young age at the time of her father's death, Maurice could not have made much of an impression on Marie-Aurore.
2 The Importance of Being Marie-Aurore de Saxe 10 3 Sophie Victorious 26 4 Spanish Sojourn 37 5 Sophie’s Choice 53 part two: revelations and confessions 6 Enigma of the Sphinx 65 7 Convent and Conversion 72 8 Coming of Age 82 9 Pater Semper Incertus Est 91 contents
Apr 16, 2021 · Explore genealogy for Marie-Aurore (de Saxe) Dupin de Francueil born 1748 Paris, Île-de-France, France died 1821 Nohant-Vic, Indre, France including ancestors + descendants + 2 photos + more in the free family tree community.
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