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 Helvétius
surface form: Madame Helvetius

Madame Helvétius
associatedWith Benjamin Franklin
Helvétius
surface form: Claude Adrien Helvétius

Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment
Jean d’Alembert
surface form: Jean le Rond 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 de Ligniville self-linksurface differs
surface form: Anne-Catherine
hosted salon of Auteuil
influenced intellectual exchange among Enlightenment figures
influencedBy French Enlightenment thought
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French
movement French Enlightenment
surface form: 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 d’Alembert
surface form: Jean le Rond d’Alembert
notableWork Auteuil salon (as institution)
occupation patron of the arts
salonnière
participantIn French Enlightenment intellectual networks
French salon culture
placeOfActivity Auteuil, Paris, France
surface form: Auteuil, near Paris
residence Auteuil NERFINISHED
Paris
sexOrGender female
socialCircle French philosophes
socialRole hostess of a leading Enlightenment salon
spouse Helvétius
surface form: Claude Adrien Helvétius
timePeriod 18th century
typeOfSalon literary salon
philosophical salon

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Helvétius spouse Anne-Catherine de Ligniville
Claude Adrien spouse Anne-Catherine de Ligniville
subject surface form: Claude Adrien Helvétius
Anne-Catherine de Ligniville givenName Anne-Catherine de Ligniville self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Anne-Catherine