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| + | <small>Illustration: ''[[Portrait fantaisiste du marquis de Sade]]'' (1866) by [[H. Biberstein]]</small>]] | ||
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| - | [[Sadeian women]] | + | :''[[cherchez la femme]], [[The Sadeian Woman]]'' |
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| + | This page is a list of women [[Marquis de Sade]] was involved with, either romantically, for paid services, family or [[platonic love]]. | ||
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| + | First there is his wife, [[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]], her sister [[Anne-Prospère de Launay]] and their mother [[Madame de Montreuil]], Sade's mother-in-law. The women of his scandals are [[Jeanne Testard]], [[Rose Keller]] and [[Marguerite Coste]]. His lovers include [[Constance Quesnet]] and [[Marguerite Coste]]. Finally, there is the friend of himself and his wife, [[Marie-Dorothée de Rousset]], whith whom Sade had a [[platonic friendship]]. | ||
| + | =Scandals= | ||
| + | == Jeanne Testard == | ||
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| + | :''[[Jeanne Testard]] | ||
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| + | On October 18, [[1763]] the Marquis de Sade offered the 20 year old pregnant Testard 2 gold louis to go home with him. In his bedroom he asked the young woman if she believed in God, Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. | ||
| == Rose Keller == | == Rose Keller == | ||
| - | [[Rose Keller]] | + | :''[[Rose Keller]] |
| On [[April 3]]rd, [[1768]], Easter Day Rose Keller is picked up by the [[Marquis de Sade]] and taken back to a house in [[Arcueil]], where she was bound and [[flagellation|flogged]]. | On [[April 3]]rd, [[1768]], Easter Day Rose Keller is picked up by the [[Marquis de Sade]] and taken back to a house in [[Arcueil]], where she was bound and [[flagellation|flogged]]. | ||
| - | == Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil == | + | == Marguerite Coste == |
| - | [[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]] | + | :''[[Marguerite Coste]] |
| - | On [[May 1]] [[1763]] the French King, the Queen, and the royal family give their consent to the proposed marriage between the Marquis de Sade, allied through the Maille family to the royal blood of the Condes, and '''Renee-Pelagie Cordier de Launay de Montreuil''' (born in Paris December 3, 1741), eldest daughter of the President Claude-Rene de Montreuil and of Marie-Madeline Masson de Plissay (married August 22, 1740). On [[May 15]] the marriage contract is signed by the parties in the town house of the President, situated rue Neuve-du-Luxembourg. The future husband signs it Louis-Aldonse-Donatien. On [[May 17]] the marriage is celebrated in the church of [[Saint-Roch]]. | + | '''Marguerite Coste''', a 25-year-old prostitute from [[Marseille]], was the victim of a non-lethal poisoning case, one of the scandals of [[Marquis de Sade]], usually known as the "Marseilles affair". |
| - | == Constance Quesnet == | + | =Family= |
| + | == Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil == | ||
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| + | :''[[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]] | ||
| - | [[Marie-Constance Quesnet ]] | + | '''Renée Pélagie de Montreuil''' ([[December 3]], [[1741]] - [[July 7]], [[1810]]) was the wife of [[Marquis de Sade]]. |
| - | Marie-Constance Renelle Quesnet met the Marquis de Sade on August 25, 1790. She was 33 and had been abandoned by her husband. Sade called her "Sensible." She was his constant companion from 1790 until his death. He would also take care of her son, Charles Quesnet. In August 1804 she joined him in the asylum at Charenton to be with him. | + | Described as "a [[plain]] and [[uneducated]] young aristocrat, raised in fear of God, when she was married on [[May 17]], [[1763]] to the [[Marquis de Sade]] by her [[unscrupulous]] parents. He already was a [[libertine]] and [[atheist]]. Yet, from the day they met, Renée Pélagie fell [[passion]]ately in love with her husband and devoted herself totally to him. It's Sade's first and only marriage. Renée's 10-year-younger sister [[Anne-Prospère de Launay]], became his mistress with her blessing eight years later." |
| == Anne-Prospère de Launay == | == Anne-Prospère de Launay == | ||
| - | [[Anne-Prospère de Launay]] | + | :''[[Anne-Prospère de Launay]] |
| - | Anne-Prospere was the Marquis de Sade's sister-in-law. She was his wife's younger sister. Born December 27, 1751. She may be the model for the character Julie in Sade's Portrait de Mlle de L****. It is probable that when his sister-in-law came to his home at La Coste in the Spring of 1771 Sade had a romantic affair with her. She was then 20, religious and a virgin. When Sade fled to Italy after the "Marseilles" affair Anne-Prospere was with him. Anne-Prospere died suddenly on May 13, 1781 in Paris of smallpox complicated by an inflammation of the lower abdomen. | + | '''Anne-Prospère de Launay''' ([[December 27]], [[1751]] - [[May 13]], [[1781]]) was the sister-in-law of [[Marquis de Sade]]. |
| - | == Jeanne Testard == | + | In the autumn of [[1771]] Anne-Prospère left her [[convent]] to make her home with the de Sades and their children after which Sade began an affair with her. |
| - | [[Jeanne Testard]] | + | She wrote the passionate letter, written in blood « Je jure à M. le marquis de Sade, mon amant, de n’être jamais qu’à lui. … de ne jamais ni ne me marier, ni me donner à d’autres, de lui être fidèlement attachée, tant que le sang dont je me sers pour sceller ce serment coulera dans mes veines. Je lui fais le sacrifice de ma vie, de mon amour et de mes sentiments, avec la même ardeur que je lui ai fait celui de ma virginité. (…) »). |
| - | On October 18, 1765 the Marquis de Sade offered the 20 year old pregnant Testard 2 gold louis to go home with him. In his bedroom he asked the young woman if she believed in God, Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. | + | This letter was kept by Sade, transmitted to his descendents and discovered and published in 2006 by [[Maurice Lever]] among three other letters by the young lady. |
| - | == Marie-Dorothée de Rousset == | + | On [[May 10]] [[1781]] Lady Anne de Launay falls ill with [[smallpox]], the first signs of the disease appearing on Thursday evening. On [[May 13]] she dies at 1:00 p.m. |
| - | [[Marie-Dorothée de Rousset]] | + | == Madame de Montreuil == |
| - | [[Joseph-François de Rémerville]] sa petite-nièce [[Marie-Dorothée de Rousset]] (1744-1784), dite Milli, fut l'ambiguë amie du [[Marquis de Sade]] et de son épouse [[Renée-Pélagie]]. | + | :''[[Marie-Madeleine Masson de Plissay, Dame Cordier de Launay de Montreuil]] |
| - | == Madame de Montreuil == | + | '''Madame de Montreuil''' (1741 – 1810) was the Marquis de Sade's mother-in-law. She obtained multiple [[lettres de cachet]] to ensure de Sade's continuous imprisonment in the [[Bastille]] and [[Charenton]]. |
| - | [[Marie-Madeleine Masson de Plissay, Dame Cordier de Launay de Montreuil]] | + | =Love affairs= |
| + | == Constance Quesnet == | ||
| + | :''[[Marie-Constance Quesnet ]] | ||
| - | '''Marie-Madeleine Masson de Plissay, Dame Cordier de Launay de Montreuil''' (1741 – 1810). Married August 22, 1740 with [[Claude-René de Montreuil]], known as '''Madame de Montreuil'''. Mother of [[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]]. | + | [[August 25]], [[1790]] - [[Sade]] meets [[Marie-Constance Quesnet]], age 33, a former actress, abandoned by her husband. Sade's relationship with her and with her six-year old son Charles will last the rest of Sade's life. |
| - | She obtained multiple [[lettres de cachet]] to ensure de Sade's continuous imprisonment in the [[Bastille]] and [[Charenton]]. | + | Sade dedicates ''[[The Misfortunes of Virtue|Justine]]'' to her. |
| - | Madame de Montreuil was the Marquis de Sade's mother-in-law. Marie-Madeleine Masson de Plissay was also known as la Presidente. While her family was not from the same noble class as the Marquis they did represent the growing and increasingly influential bourgeoisie. Madame de Montreuil was instrumental in arranging her eldest daughter's marriage to the Marquis. She was, subsequently, very instrumental in assuring the Marquis' confinement as he had become quite an embarrassment to her and her family. | + | |
| == Mademoiselle Beauvoisin == | == Mademoiselle Beauvoisin == | ||
| - | [[Mademoiselle Beauvoisin]] | + | :''[[Mademoiselle Beauvoisin]] |
| Mademoiselle Beauvoisin was a dancer. She met the Marquis de Sade on April 26, 1765. She was one month pregnant when they became lovers. The affair ended on January 3, 1766. | Mademoiselle Beauvoisin was a dancer. She met the Marquis de Sade on April 26, 1765. She was one month pregnant when they became lovers. The affair ended on January 3, 1766. | ||
| - | == Marguerite Coste == | + | =Friends= |
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| + | == Marie-Dorothée de Rousset == | ||
| - | [[Marguerite Coste]] | + | :''[[Marie-Dorothée de Rousset]] |
| - | Ms. Coste was a 25-year-old prostitute when on Saturday evening June 27, 1772 she met the Marquis Sade in her Marseilles apartment. The Marquis offered her several pastilles from his crystal candy box. After a few moments he asked the prostitute to lie face down on the bed so that he could lick her bottom and she could fart into his mouth. She declined his request to sodomize her and after "amusing himself with her person" the Marquis paid her six francs and left. Ms. Coste spent the next week vomiting and suffering from severe stomach pain. Apparently Sade had dosed his candy with cantharis ("Spanish Fly") and Ms. Coste (among several other prostitutes visited by the Marquis) got violently ill. Ms. Coste eventually recovered but not before she set in motion the wheels of justice over the Marquis. On December 8, 1772 Sade was arrested in Italy in connection with what has become known as the "Marseilles Affair." | + | [[Marie-Dorothée de Rousset]] (1744-1784), known as Milli, was a friend of [[Marquis de Sade]] and of his wife [[Renée-Pélagie]]. |
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Illustration: Portrait fantaisiste du marquis de Sade (1866) by H. Biberstein
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This page is a list of women Marquis de Sade was involved with, either romantically, for paid services, family or platonic love.
First there is his wife, Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil, her sister Anne-Prospère de Launay and their mother Madame de Montreuil, Sade's mother-in-law. The women of his scandals are Jeanne Testard, Rose Keller and Marguerite Coste. His lovers include Constance Quesnet and Marguerite Coste. Finally, there is the friend of himself and his wife, Marie-Dorothée de Rousset, whith whom Sade had a platonic friendship.
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Scandals
Jeanne Testard
On October 18, 1763 the Marquis de Sade offered the 20 year old pregnant Testard 2 gold louis to go home with him. In his bedroom he asked the young woman if she believed in God, Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary.
Rose Keller
On April 3rd, 1768, Easter Day Rose Keller is picked up by the Marquis de Sade and taken back to a house in Arcueil, where she was bound and flogged.
Marguerite Coste
Marguerite Coste, a 25-year-old prostitute from Marseille, was the victim of a non-lethal poisoning case, one of the scandals of Marquis de Sade, usually known as the "Marseilles affair".
Family
Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil
Renée Pélagie de Montreuil (December 3, 1741 - July 7, 1810) was the wife of Marquis de Sade.
Described as "a plain and uneducated young aristocrat, raised in fear of God, when she was married on May 17, 1763 to the Marquis de Sade by her unscrupulous parents. He already was a libertine and atheist. Yet, from the day they met, Renée Pélagie fell passionately in love with her husband and devoted herself totally to him. It's Sade's first and only marriage. Renée's 10-year-younger sister Anne-Prospère de Launay, became his mistress with her blessing eight years later."
Anne-Prospère de Launay
Anne-Prospère de Launay (December 27, 1751 - May 13, 1781) was the sister-in-law of Marquis de Sade.
In the autumn of 1771 Anne-Prospère left her convent to make her home with the de Sades and their children after which Sade began an affair with her.
She wrote the passionate letter, written in blood « Je jure à M. le marquis de Sade, mon amant, de n’être jamais qu’à lui. … de ne jamais ni ne me marier, ni me donner à d’autres, de lui être fidèlement attachée, tant que le sang dont je me sers pour sceller ce serment coulera dans mes veines. Je lui fais le sacrifice de ma vie, de mon amour et de mes sentiments, avec la même ardeur que je lui ai fait celui de ma virginité. (…) »).
This letter was kept by Sade, transmitted to his descendents and discovered and published in 2006 by Maurice Lever among three other letters by the young lady.
On May 10 1781 Lady Anne de Launay falls ill with smallpox, the first signs of the disease appearing on Thursday evening. On May 13 she dies at 1:00 p.m.
Madame de Montreuil
Madame de Montreuil (1741 – 1810) was the Marquis de Sade's mother-in-law. She obtained multiple lettres de cachet to ensure de Sade's continuous imprisonment in the Bastille and Charenton.
Love affairs
Constance Quesnet
August 25, 1790 - Sade meets Marie-Constance Quesnet, age 33, a former actress, abandoned by her husband. Sade's relationship with her and with her six-year old son Charles will last the rest of Sade's life.
Sade dedicates Justine to her.
Mademoiselle Beauvoisin
Mademoiselle Beauvoisin was a dancer. She met the Marquis de Sade on April 26, 1765. She was one month pregnant when they became lovers. The affair ended on January 3, 1766.
Friends
Marie-Dorothée de Rousset
Marie-Dorothée de Rousset (1744-1784), known as Milli, was a friend of Marquis de Sade and of his wife Renée-Pélagie.
