A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Bois de la Pierre, (Louisa Maria de)

by Mary Matilda Betham

BOIS DE LA PIERRE, (LOUISA MARIA DE) Widow of a Gentleman slain at the battle of Malplaquet. Died 1730.

Followed the example of her parents in abjuring the reformed religion, in which she had been educated. On the death of her husband, she sought consolation in study. She wrote in prose and verse, with a facility, elegance, and precision, equalled only by the best writers. She was well known to the learned, and wrote many excellent treatises on history.

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