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Madeleine de La Motte

Paris, 12 Mar 1699 – Paris, 1745

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Facts and their sources

  • Born12 Mar 1699, ParisRecords disagree1 source
  • Died1745, ParisRecords disagree1 source

A life in time

  1. 12 Mar 1699

    Born in Paris

  2. 18 Feb 1727

    A son is born

  3. 1745

    Dies in Paris

Family

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Partner

Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 6 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Paris.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1690s · Madeleine is born in Paris

In the news1693–1694

Paris Famine (1693–1694)

During the famine of 1693–1694, bread was sold at two sous a loaf to poor Parisians as up to 1,500 people died daily from hunger and disease.

At the table

Family Budget Spent on Bread

During the Old Regime, expenditures on bread accounted for 50 to 60 percent of a family's total budget.

What people wore

Standard Men's Attire

In the late 17th century, ordinary men wore a three-piece suit consisting of a justaucorps (coat), veste (vest), and culotte (breeches), often made from simple, durable wool fabrics.

Getting around

Parisian carriage hire options

In Paris, travelers could hire a private carriage known as a Remise for about three crowns per day. For budget travelers, the vinegrette was a peculiar two-wheeled vehicle dragged by a man and pushed by a woman or boy.

What it cost

Cost of pigs and wood in 17th century

In the 17th century, a single pig could cost approximately 24 livres, while a cart of wood was valued at 11 livres.

Music

Sunday Dancing and the Pipe and Tabor

In the late 17th century, peasants often enjoyed dancing to the pipe and tabor on the Sabbath, an amusement that was sometimes tolerated by church officials as a necessary relief from a week of hard labor.

Daily life

Crowded and multi-purpose living spaces

Ordinary homes were often crowded, with a single room used for cooking, eating, sleeping, and child care, requiring furniture to be rearranged throughout the day.