Anne-Catherine de Ligniville

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Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, known as Madame Helvétius, was an influential 18th-century French salonnière whose renowned literary and philosophical salon in Auteuil attracted leading Enlightenment figures such as Diderot, d’Alembert, and Benjamin Franklin.

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Anne-Catherine de Ligniville canonical 2
Anne-Catherine 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century French socialite ⓘ
human ⓘ
salonnière ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Madame Helvetius ⓘ
linked to: Madame Helvétius

Madame Helvétius ⓘ
associatedWith Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Claude Adrien Helvétius ⓘ
linked to: Helvétius

Denis Diderot ⓘ
French Enlightenment ⓘ
Jean le Rond d’Alembert ⓘ
linked to: Jean d’Alembert
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of women’s role in Enlightenment sociability ⓘ
familyName de Ligniville ⓘ
fieldOfWork literary culture ⓘ
philosophical debate ⓘ
genre salon culture ⓘ
givenName Anne-Catherine ⓘ
hosted salon of Auteuil ⓘ
influenced intellectual exchange among Enlightenment figures ⓘ
influencedBy French Enlightenment thought ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French ⓘ
movement Enlightenment ⓘ
notableFor hosting an influential literary and philosophical salon in Auteuil ⓘ
influence on French Enlightenment intellectual life ⓘ
notableGuest Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Denis Diderot ⓘ
Enlightenment philosophers ⓘ
Jean le Rond d’Alembert ⓘ
linked to: Jean d’Alembert
notableWork Auteuil salon (as institution) ⓘ
occupation patron of the arts ⓘ
salonnière ⓘ
participantIn French Enlightenment intellectual networks ⓘ
French salon culture ⓘ
placeOfActivity Auteuil, near Paris ⓘ
residence Auteuil ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
socialCircle French philosophes ⓘ
socialRole hostess of a leading Enlightenment salon ⓘ
spouse Claude Adrien Helvétius ⓘ
linked to: Helvétius
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
typeOfSalon literary salon ⓘ
philosophical salon ⓘ

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Helvétius → spouse → Anne-Catherine de Ligniville ⓘ
Claude Adrien Helvétius → spouse → Anne-Catherine de Ligniville ⓘ
subject linked to: Claude Adrien
Anne-Catherine de Ligniville → givenName → Anne-Catherine ⓘ
linked to: Anne-Catherine de Ligniville