Louise-Honorine, Duchesse de Choiseul

Louise-Honorine de Crozat was the daughter of Louis François Crozart—the son of proprietary owner Antoine Crozat. At the age of 12, Louise-Honorine was betrothed to Étienne François,[1] and the two married in 1750.[2][3] The marriage was described as a happy one, despite Étienne's many liaisons.[1]

Louise-Honorine was described as being tender-hearted and dignified,[1] and as a devoted wife. Her kind demeanor caused Horace Walpole to claim:

"The most perfect being of either sex. Nothing that I ever saw anywhere was like the Duchess of Choiseul, who has more parts, reason and agreeableness than I ever met in such a delicate little creature. You would take her for the Queen of an Allegory."[1]

During the French Revolution, Louise-Honorine was held captive in 1794, awaiting her death by guillotine in the Conciergerie; before her execution, however, the party of Robespierre fell and she was then let free.[1] She would later die in 1801, aged 66–67, outliving her husband, whom had died in 1785, by nearly 16 years.

She was buried in the Cimetière d'Amboise, in France.[4]