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Pauline Félicité de Mailly

Paris, 1712 – Paris, 9 Sep 1741

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A life in time

  1. 1712

    Born in Paris

  2. 9 Sep 1741

    A son is born

  3. 9 Sep 1741

    Dies in Paris

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 4 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Paris.

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The 1710s · Pauline is born in Paris

In the news1709–1710

The Great Winter of 1709

The Great Winter of 1709 brought extreme cold and severe famine to France, marking one of the century's worst economic crises.

What people wore

Sunday Best for Working Women

Working-class women often kept a single outfit, similar to modern Sunday best, specifically for holidays and special public events.

Getting around

Travel times between major French cities

Traveling between cities often involved water coaches (coches d'eau) for rivers or road carriages, with a journey from Lyon to Paris taking six days at a slow pace or three days at a faster pace in 1742.

War of the Spanish Succession. Europe’s powers fought for thirteen years over who would inherit the Spanish throne; a Bourbon kept it, and Britain gained Gibraltar.In Europe · 1701–1714

War of the Spanish Succession. Europe’s powers fought for thirteen years over who would inherit the Spanish throne; a Bourbon kept it, and Britain gained Gibraltar.

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In the news1716

Foundation of Law's Bank in 1716

John Law established the Banque Générale in 1716, which later issued paper bank notes guaranteed by the king to stimulate the economy.

Music

The Pocket-Sized Teacher's Violin

To make professional dance lessons convenient at home, masters used the pochette, a small, boat-shaped violin that could be easily carried in a pocket or sachet.

Daily life

Limited and irregular primary education

Primary schooling was rare, especially for girls, and often conducted irregularly by the local priest or his vicar. Education was limited to the basics of reading, writing, and the catechism.