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Marie du Fresnay, or Maria du Fresnay, née Daminois (1809–1892), was a French writer. She was the mistress of Honoré de Balzac, by whom she had a daughter, Marie-Caroline du Fresnay (b. 4 June 1834), the only child of the French author.
Marie (« Maria ») Louise Françoise Daminois, dite du Fresnay, née en 1809 et décédée en 1892, est la fille de l'écrivain Adèle Daminois [2]. Elle fut la maîtresse [3] d'Honoré de Balzac, avec qui elle aura une fille [3], Marie-Caroline du Fresnay [4].
- Écrivaine
- 23 août 1809Château-Thierry
- 4 août 1892 (à 82 ans)Sartrouville[1]
- française
Marie du Fresnay, or Maria du Fresnay, née Daminois (1809–1892), was a French writer.. She was the mistress of Honoré de Balzac, by whom she had a daughter, Marie-Caroline du Fresnay [1] (b. 4 June 1834), the only child of the French author.
Marie Du Fresnay, aka Maria du Fresnay, née Daminois, was a French writer, born in 1809 and deceased in 1892.
Marie-Caroline du Fresnay, née à Sartrouville le 4 juin 1834 et décédée à Nice le 7 décembre 1930 1, est la fille d'une liaison adultère de Maria Daminois (épouse de Charles du Fresnay) avec Honoré de Balzac .
The novel’s revised second edition was dedicated to Balzac’s lover Maria Du Fresnay—it was later revealed that the character Eugenie was based on their daughter, Marie-Caroline Du Fresnay. The story takes place in the town of Saumur in Western France.
Jan 18, 2019 · His first love was Maria Du Fresnay, a fellow writer who was unhappily married to a much older man. She bore Honoré’s daughter, Marie-Caroline Du Fresnay, in 1834. He had also had an earlier mistress, an older woman by the name of Madame de Berny, who had saved him from financial ruin prior to his novelistic success.