Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, Comte de Vaudreuil
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1740 – 1817
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Who was Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, Comte de Vaudreuil?
Joseph Hyacinthe François de Paule de Rigaud, comte de Vaudreuil was a French nobleman at the court of King Louis XVI of France. He was the alleged lover of Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, the favourite of Marie Antoinette and over whom he exerted a powerful influence.
He was a connoisseur and collector of art, and a patron of artist Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun who painted two known portraits of him in 1784.
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- Born
- 1740
Santo Domingo - Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- White people
- Died
- 1817
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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