Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine: Difference between revisions

Thanks to the generosity of Samuel Bernard and his income of the ''Ferme générale'', Claude Dupin could obtain a considerable fortune, mainly in lands. Monsieur and Madame Dupin occupy a privilege position and had a lavish lifestyle. On 12 April 1732 Claude Dupin, joinly with his mother-in-law Manon Dancourt, bought the prestigious [[Hôtel Lambert]] in the [[Île Saint-Louis]] for the sum of 140,000 livres.<ref>Jean Buon (preface by [[Michelle Perrot]]): ''Madame Dupin - Une féministe à Chenonceau au siècle des Lumières'', [[Joué-lès-Tours]], ed. La Simarre,‎ December 2013, 224 p.</ref> On 9 June 1733 he acquired the magnificent [[Château de Chenonceau]] from the [[Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon|Duke of Bourbon]] for 130,000 livres. Each year, the Dupins spent the autumn in the [[Touraine]]. Starting in April 1741, Louise, with her husband, son and stepson, remained in the Hôtel de Vins, located in the parisin Plâtrière street<ref>The Hôtel de Vins beared his name from his former owner, the Marquis de Vins d'Agoult de Montauban. Now called the Hôtel Dupin, was located in the nº 68 of Jean-Jacques-Rousseau street in the [[1st arrondissement of Paris]].</ref> and from 1752 they also owns a house in [[Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine|Clichy-sur-Seine]] where they spend the summer months. On 24 April 1738 with the acquisition of the Marquisate of [[Le Blanc|Blanc]] and the Castellany of Cors, located at the limits of Berry and Poitou,<ref>Departmental Archives of Indre - nº 1 Jeanne d'Arc street 36000 Châteauroux. Document E158 - nº 65.</ref> they completed their patrimony. The Marquisate of Blanc includes the ''Château-Naillac'', the ''château de Roche'', the ''Château de Rochefort'', ''Château de Cors'', ''Château de Forges'', with his respectives properties, farms, ponds and lands,<ref>See the website of Amis de la bibliothèque municipale du Blanc: ''La famille Dupin et Le Blanc'' [http://abmb.pagesperso-orange.fr/georgesand1/index.html online] [retrieved 17 May 2015].</ref> who produced a total of 555,000 livres, four times the prize of Chenonceau. But soon difficulties arosed with the Countess of Parabère,<ref>The Countess of Parabère was a former mistress of the [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans|Regent]]. Ruined by the lavish lifestyle that she led at court, was forced to sell in 1738 her lands of Blanc.</ref> the former owner, who caused the sequestration of Blanc lands and only after a decree of the [[Parlement]] of Paris dated 2 September 1739, confirmed by a judgment of 11 December, confirmed Claude Dupin as the legitimate owner of this lands and could recovered them.<ref>Chantal de la Véronne: ''Histoire du Blanc - des origines à la Révolution de 1789'', vol. VI, [[Poitiers]], ed. Mémoires de la société des antiquaires de l'Ouest (nº 4),‎ 1962 (reprint. 2012 by ed. Alice Lyner), 234 p., pp. 40-42.</ref>