Versailles Century

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Versailles Century
Versailles Century
20 July 1688
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20 July 1688

From the Journal of the Marquis de Dangeau

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On this day, there is news of a death and an inheritance in a great noble family:

“Madame de Saint-Chaumont has died; she leaves an income of 14,000 livres to the Comte de Grammont, her brother, and 20,000 écus to each of his daughters when they marry.”

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