Marie-Angélique de Bombelles

Portrait of Marie-Angélique Charlotte de Bombelles née de Mackau

Marie-Angélique Charlotte, Marquise de Bombelles (née de Mackau; 1762 - 1800), was a French court office holder and letter writer. She was maid of honour and a personal friend and confidante of Élisabeth of France (1764–1794), and known in history for her correspondence with her, which is preserved.

Life[]

She was the daughter of Baron Louis Eléonor Dirkheim de Mackau (1727-1767) and Marie-Angélique de Mackau, and the sister of Renée Suzanne de Soucy (1758-1841) and Armand Louis de Mackau (1759-1827). She married her cousin, the diplomat Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles in 1778, and became the mother of Louis Philippe de Bombelles, Charles-René de Bombelles and  [fr].

Her mother served as sous gouvernante (governess) to the royal children, and she herself was a playmate of Élisabeth of France during her childhood and then maid-of-honour prior to her marriage. She was a close personal friend and confidante of Élisabeth, and their correspondence is considered a valuable source of the life of the princess.^[1]

Marie-Angélique de Bombelles emigrated after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789.

References[]

• Marc Marie, marquis de Bombelles (1744-1822), et Angélique, marquise de Bombelles (1762-1800), Que je suis heureuse d'être ta femme : Lettres intimes, Evelyne Lever, Editions Tallandier, Paris, 2009