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Born in Poitou, she was the daughter of vice-admiral Philippe, Marquis de Villette-Mursay, and Marie-Anne de Châteauneuf, who died in 1691.
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Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Mursay
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Her elder son, Anne-Claude-Philippe (1692–1765), was also a man of letters and an archaeologist. Madame de Caylus left piquant and valuable memoirs of the court of Louis XIV and the house of Saint Cyr. These were edited by Voltaire (1770), and by many later editors.
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France