Émilie du Châtelet
Émilie du Châtelet | |
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Marquise o Châtelet | |
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Full name
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier | |
Born | 17 December 1706 Paris, Fraunce |
Dee'd | 10 September 1749 (aged 42) Lunéville, Lorraine |
Spoose(s) | Florent Claude du Châtelet, Marquis o Châtelet |
Issue
Gabrielle Pauline, Duchess o Montenero Louis Marie, Duke o Châtelet | |
Faither | Louis Nicolas Le Tonnelier, Baron o Breteuil |
Mither | Gabrielle Anne de Froulay[1] |
Seegnatur | ![]() |
Thrift | French noblewoman best known for her Translation o Newton's Principia |
Émilie du Châtelet (17 December 1706 – 10 September 1749) wis a French noblewoman an wis best known for her Translation o Newton's Principia intae French, natural philosophy that combines Newtonian physics with Leibnizian metaphysics, and advocacy of Newtonian Pheesics. She died in chidbirth in Lunéville, Lorraine in 1749.
Faimilie[eedit | eedit soorce]
A dochter o Louis Nicolas Le Tonnelier, Baron o Breteuil[2] an his wife Gabrielle Anne de Froulay. Her name bi birth wis Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier.
Mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
On the 12 o Juin 1725, she mairit the Florent Claude du Châtelet, Marquis o Châtelet. Her mairiage conferred the title o Marquise du Châtelet. Like many mairiages among the nobility, theirs wis arranged. As a result o the mairiage she `wis known as Madame de Châtelet or the Marquise o Châtelet. They haed three childer.
Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Françoise Gabrielle Pauline du Châtelet (30 Juin 1726-?) mairit Alfonso Carafa, Duke o Montenero.
- Louis Marie Florent du Châtelet, Duke o Châtelet 20 November 1727 - 13 December 1793) mairit Diane Adélaïde de Rochechouart[3]
- Victor Esprit du Châtelet (11 Aprile 1733-?) died young.
Tiles an styles[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 17 December 1706- 12 Juin 1725 Mademoiselle de Breteuil.
- 12 Juin 1725 - 10 September 1749 The Marquise o Châtelet[4].
References an notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ A cousin o René de Froulay, Coont o Tessé
- ↑ himself an officer in the royal household o Keeng Louis XIV.
- ↑ frae the faimilie o Madame de Montespan
- ↑ Madame la marquise de Châtelet in French.
Ither wabsteids[eedit | eedit soorce]
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