Marquise de Caylus

Marthe-Marguerite (née) Levieux Valois de Villette de Mursay, Marquise de Caylus (1673–1729) was a French noblewoman and writer.

She was born in Poitou and was the daughter of vice-admiral Philippe, Marquis de Villette-Mursay and Marie-Anne de Chateauneuf, who died in 1691.
Her father was a cousin of Madame de Maintenon, who brought Marthe-Marguerite up like her own daughter.

She left piquant and valuable souvenirs of the court of Louis XIV and the house of St. Cyr. These were edited by Voltaire (1770), and by many later editors.

She married in 1686 Anne de Tubieres, Comte de Caylus (1666–1704) and had two sons.

Her eldest son, Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubieres, Comte de Caylus (1692–1765), was also a man of letters and an archaeologist.

Literature

• Souvenirs de Madame de Caylus, Mercure De France (1986), ISBN 2715214243

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.