Angélique de Froissy

Full name
	Philippe Angélique de Froissy

Angélique de Froissy
Angélique de Froissy
	Comtesse de Ségur
	The comtesse de Ségur with her grandson Joseph-Alexandre, watercolor by Louis Carrogis Carmontelle, 1763.
Born	16 November 1700; Paris, France
Died	15 October 1785 (aged 84); Versailles, France
Burial	24 July 1719; Church of St. Eustache
Spouse	Henri François, comte de Ségur (m. 1718; died 1751)
Issue; Detail	Philippine Charlotte; Henriette Élisabeth; Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur; Philippe Angelique; Henriette Césarine, baroness de la Crozes
Full name
	Philippe Angélique de Froissy
Father	Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Mother	Charlotte Desmares
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Philippe Angélique de Froissy (16 November 1700 – 15 October 1785 in Paris) was an illegitimate daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the nephew and son-in-law of Louis XIV of France. She was comtesse de Ségur by marriage, and a courtier of Louis XV, her cousin.

Biography

Fêtes vénitiennes by Watteau. The central dancer may be Angélique's mother, Mlle. Desmares.[1] 1718/9

Angélique was the illegitimate daughter of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and his mistress, Christine Antoinette Charlotte Desmares (1682–1753), a beautiful actress ("tragedienne") of the Théâtre-Français who was painted by Jean-Baptiste Santerre. Charlotte Desmares was a niece of Marie Champmeslé and one of the many mistresses of the regent, Philippe d'Orléans, around 1700, the year their daughter was born. Born in 1702 was another illegitimate child of the duke, Jean Philippe d'Orléans, by a lady-in-waiting, Madame d'Argenton. Angélique's half-brother was legitimised in 1706, whereas Angélique was neither acknowledged nor recognized,[2] although Madame du Prat erroneously states in her memoirs that she was recognized on 22 April 1722, the same day as the abbé de Saint-Albin, another illegitimate son of the Duke of Orléans by his mistress Florence Pellerin.

Madame de Ségur belonged to the inner circle of Louis XV's intimates.[3] She is described as "fresh, white, well made, strong and intoxicating".[4]

She married Henri François, comte de Ségur (1689–1751) at Gagny or Paris on 10 or 12 September 1718. He was the son Henri Joseph, comte de Ségur and Claude Élisabeth Binet.

Called le beau Ségur ("the handsome Ségur"), her husband had been "master of the wardrobe" of the Regent (maître de la garderobe du Régent). He lived in an hôtel in Passy, Paris on a beautiful ten-acre property, which later passed to the Duchess of Valentinois and was named Hôtel de Valentinois after her. (The property is famous for being the residence of Benjamin Franklin for nearly ten years.)[5][6]

Angélique died in Paris 1785 at 83 years of age, and was buried at the Église Saint-Eustache, Paris.

Issue

Her son, Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur.

They had at least five children:

Philippine Charlotte de Ségur (Paris, 12 July 1719 – Paris, 12 July 1719)
Henriette Élisabeth de Ségur (Paris, 20 September 1722 – 1747?), unmarried and without issue
Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur (Paris, 20 January 1724 – Paris, 3 October 1801), marshal of France in 1783, twin with the below
Philippe Angelique de Ségur (Paris, 20 January 1724 – Paris, 20 January 1724), twin with the above
Henriette Césarine de Ségur (1726–1782), married Bertrand Gaich, baron de la Crozes, Knight of Saint-Louis.

References and notes

Her male dancing partner is Nicolas Vleughels. Watteau included himself as the seated musician playing a musette.
Letters Palatine, II, 178 and 542
The Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 24
Le Carnet, Volume 19
Bulletin de la Société historique d'Auteuil et de Passy, Volume 4
"Le marquis de Ségur, dit le beau Ségur, occupait un des hôtels les plus importants de Passy, qui s'étendait, avec ses annexes, de la rue de l'Annonciation, n° 9, à l'institution des Frères. Cette belle propriété, d'une contenance de dix arpents, passa après lui à la comtesse de Valentinois et en prit le nom."

External links

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[1] Her male dancing partner is Nicolas Vleughels. Watteau included himself as the seated musician playing a musette.

[2] Letters Palatine, II, 178 and 542

[3] The Encyclopædia Britannica, volume 24

[4] Le Carnet, Volume 19

[Passy-5] Bulletin de la Société historique d'Auteuil et de Passy, Volume 4

[6] "Le marquis de Ségur, dit le beau Ségur, occupait un des hôtels les plus importants de Passy, qui s'étendait, avec ses annexes, de la rue de l'Annonciation, n° 9, à l'institution des Frères. Cette belle propriété, d'une contenance de dix arpents, passa après lui à la comtesse de Valentinois et en prit le nom."