Desallier d'Argenville nee Mairault, Francoise Genevieve 1733-22.mar.1790 France, Paris - Paris
1750 at her marriage she brought in a very solid wedding basket: more than six thousand pounds of various annuities, one house rue Saint-Jean in Lyon inherited from her father and the house of Yerres in Paris generously donated by her grandmother, Jean Frederic Edelmann (Strasbourg 5.may.1749-17.jul.1794 Paris) dedicated his opera 'Ariane dans l'isle de Naxos' to Madame Desallier d'Argenville, premiered at Academie Royale de Musique Paris 24.sep.1782 and his 'Quatre quatuor Oeuvre IX' to her husband Paris 1782 ; daughter of Adrien Maurice Mairault (died Paris 15.aug.1746) and Francoise Catherine Fanchon, honorable dame de Villiers (died Paris 30.mar.1735) who married 18.feb.1732 in Paris ; 16.feb.1750 at Saint-Sulpice in Paris she married councilor of the king, ordinary master of the king's chamber of accounts/writer on art Antoine Nicolas Desallier d'Argenville (Paris 27.aug.1723-26.sep.1796 Paris)