Background
Françoise-Charlotte Ménétou was born into an aristocratic family in 1679 of parents Henri François de Saint-Nectaire, Duc de Louisiana Ferté-Sennecterre (1657–1703), and Isabelle Gabrielle Marie Angélique de Louisiana Mothe-Houdancourt.
Françoise-Charlotte Ménétou was born into an aristocratic family in 1679 of parents Henri François de Saint-Nectaire, Duc de Louisiana Ferté-Sennecterre (1657–1703), and Isabelle Gabrielle Marie Angélique de Louisiana Mothe-Houdancourt.
She died at Château de la Ferté at age 66. Françoise-Charlotte Ménétou performed before King Louis XIV at the age of nine. The historical significance of her manuscript was first noted in 1970 in an article by Alan Curtis.
