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Genlis, Stephanie Félicité, Comtesse de
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
or A celebrated French novelist, born at Champceri, near Autun, Burgundy; at the age of 16 she was married to the Comte de Genlis, who eventually fell a victim to the fury of the Revolution; in 1770 she was a lady-in-waiting to the Duchesse de Chartres, and 12 years later became governess to the children of the Duc d'Orléans, amongst whom was the future king of the French, Louis-Philippe; the Revolution drove her to Switzerland, but on the elevation of Napoleon she returned to Paris, and received from him a pension, which continued to be paid her even under the restored Bourbon dynasty: she was a voluminous writer of moral tales, comedies, &c., and her works amount to about 90 vols., among them the celebrated "Mémoirs" of her life and times; she was ill-natured, and in her "Memoirs" inaccurate, as well as prejudiced (1746-1830).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Genlis, Stephanie Félicité, Comtesse de'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/g/genlis-stephanie-faclicitac-comtesse-de.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
