Chevalier de Mailly

{{Short description|French courtesy title}}

{{Short description|French courtesy title}}

The courtesy title '''chevalier de Mailly''' is accorded in France to a younger brother of the marquis or the comte de Mailly in each generation. Though several have carried the designation,The chevalier de Mailly, son of the marquis, was married in July 1687 to Mlle de Sainte-Hermine, a kinswoman of [[Mme de Maintenon]]; the King gave her 100,000 livres for a dowry and a position for the chevalier in the household of [[Louis, Dauphin of France (1661-1711)|Monseigneur]] (''Mémoires du marquis de Sourches sur le règne de Louis XIV'' (1883) vol. II p 62). The chevalier de Mailly (died 1757) of a later generation was ''chef de corps'' of dragoons in 1740, ([http://www.liendragonpara.net/13chefs.html Dragoons] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505173504/http://www.liendragonpara.net/13chefs.html |date=2007-05-05 }}) thanks to the offices of his sister-in-law [[Louise Julie, Comtesse de Mailly|Mlle de Mailly]], the second of three Nesle sisters who were successively mistresses to Louis XV. (''Mémoires du duc de Luynes sur la cour de Louis XV'' vol. III (1860), under March 1740, pp 148ff). the celebrated '''Louis (or Jean), chevalier de Mailly''' (A date 1657 is apparently wrong.-?1724)— possibly a brother of Louis II de Mailly (1662-1699), comte de Mailly, [[Lords of Rubempré]], seigneur de Rieux, seigneur d'Haucourt—([http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_dynasties/Les_dynasties_celebres/France/Dynastie_de_Mailly.htm Genealogy of the house of Mailly] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317021059/http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_dynasties/Les_dynasties_celebres/France/Dynastie_de_Mailly.htm |date=March 17, 2007 }}) was the author of literary fairy tales, imaginary adventures, racy novels and romances, often published anonymously by necessity, sometimes published outside France. Departing from the formulas established by [[Madame d'Aulnoy|Mme d'Aulnoy]], he introduced magic and marvels in his fairy tales to entertain his readers and bring his gallant lovers together. His fairy tales have often been reprinted and collected.

The courtesy title '''chevalier de Mailly''' is accorded in France to a younger brother of the marquis or the comte de Mailly in each generation. Though several have carried the designation,The chevalier de Mailly, son of the marquis, was married in July 1687 to Mlle de Sainte-Hermine, a kinswoman of [[Mme de Maintenon]]; the King gave her 100,000 livres for a dowry and a position for the chevalier in the household of [[Louis, Grand Dauphin|Monseigneur]] (''Mémoires du marquis de Sourches sur le règne de Louis XIV'' (1883) vol. II p 62). The chevalier de Mailly (died 1757) of a later generation was ''chef de corps'' of dragoons in 1740, ([http://www.liendragonpara.net/13chefs.html Dragoons] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505173504/http://www.liendragonpara.net/13chefs.html |date=2007-05-05 }}) thanks to the offices of his sister-in-law [[Louise Julie, Comtesse de Mailly|Mlle de Mailly]], the second of three Nesle sisters who were successively mistresses to Louis XV. (''Mémoires du duc de Luynes sur la cour de Louis XV'' vol. III (1860), under March 1740, pp 148ff). the celebrated '''Louis (or Jean), chevalier de Mailly''' (A date 1657 is apparently wrong.-?1724)— possibly a brother of Louis II de Mailly (1662-1699), comte de Mailly, [[Lords of Rubempré]], seigneur de Rieux, seigneur d'Haucourt—([http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_dynasties/Les_dynasties_celebres/France/Dynastie_de_Mailly.htm Genealogy of the house of Mailly] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317021059/http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_dynasties/Les_dynasties_celebres/France/Dynastie_de_Mailly.htm |date=March 17, 2007 }}) was the author of literary fairy tales, imaginary adventures, racy novels and romances, often published anonymously by necessity, sometimes published outside France. Departing from the formulas established by [[Madame d'Aulnoy|Mme d'Aulnoy]], he introduced magic and marvels in his fairy tales to entertain his readers and bring his gallant lovers together. His fairy tales have often been reprinted and collected.

==Life and works==

==Life and works==

He appears to have become embroiled in a gay scandal in 1682, in which an aristocratic underground circle practicing ''le vice italien'' was uncovered.Maurice Lever, ''Les bûchers de Sodome'' (Paris:Fayard) 1985 pp 156-67. The supposed ''Confrérie italienne'' was even ascribed a constitution with a set of rules.[[Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy]]'s ''Histoire amoureuse des Gaulles'' in the chapter "La France devenue italienne"; letters of the Princess Palatine, the confidante of "[[Philippe I, Duke of Orléans|Monsieur]]", Louis XIV's gay brother.

He appears to have become embroiled in a gay scandal in 1682, in which an aristocratic underground circle practicing ''le vice italien'' was uncovered.Maurice Lever, ''Les bûchers de Sodome'' (Paris:Fayard) 1985 pp 156-67. The supposed ''Confrérie italienne'' was even ascribed a constitution with a set of rules.[[Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy]]'s ''Histoire amoureuse des Gaulles'' in the chapter "La France devenue italienne"; letters of the Princess Palatine, the confidante of "[[Philippe I, Duke of Orléans|Monsieur]]", Louis XIV's gay brother.

The chevalier de Mailly contributed a poem to the ''[[Mercure Galant]]'' December 1700, on the occasion of the departure for Spain of the duc d'Anjou as [[Philip V of Spain|Felipe V]].([http://www.corpusetampois.com/cle-17-mercure1700decembre.html on-line text ]) He declaimed his verses in the [[Café Procope]], with the other wits of Paris.

The chevalier de Mailly contributed a poem to the ''[[Mercure Galant]]'' December 1700, on the occasion of the departure for Spain of the duc d'Anjou as [[Philip V of Spain|Felipe V]].([http://www.corpusetampois.com/cle-17-mercure1700decembre.html on-line text ]) He declaimed his verses in the [[Café Procope]], with the other wits of Paris.