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| A.K.A. | duchesse de Mailly | ||||||
| A.K.A. | duchesse de Mailly | ||||||
| was | Lady-in-waiting | ||||||
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| Birth | 14 August 1747 | ||||||
| Death | 19 January 1792 (aged 44 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Leo | ||||||
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Marie-Jeanne de Mailly (1747-1792) was a French court official. She served as the dame d'atours to queen Marie Antoinette in 1775-1781.
She was the daughter of count Gabriel-Marie de Talleyrand-Périgord (1726-1797) and Marie-Françoise-Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord and married in 1762 duke Louis-Marie de Mailly (1744-1795). She was appointed lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette in 1770, and became dame d'atour in 1775. During her tenure, the costs of Marie Antoinette's wardrobe raised to enormous levels. In contrast to her predecessor, Mailly does not seem to have curbed this development. Her successor started to work to reduce the costs of the queen's wardrobe.