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HOUDETOT, ELISABETH FRANCOISE SOPHIE DE LA LIVE DE See also:BELLEGARDE, COMTESSE DE (1730—1813) , was See also:born in 1730. She married the See also:comte de Houdetot (see above) in 1748. In 1753 she formed with the See also:marquis de See also:Saint See also:Lambert (q.v.) a connexion which lasted till his See also:death. Mme de Houdetot has been made famous by the See also:chapter in See also:Rousseau's Confessions in which he describes his unreciprocated See also:passion for her. When questioned on the subject she replied that he had much exaggerated. A view differing considerably from Rousseau's is to be found in the Memoires of Mme d'See also:Epinay, Mme de Houdetot's See also:sister-in-See also:law. For a discussion of her relations with Rousseau see Saint-Marc-See also:Girardin in the Revue See also:des deux mondes (See also:September 1853).

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