#oh a gentleman of his chamber you say
Absolutely losing my mind over Voltaire’s titles listed on Mlle Corneille’s wedding contract jdbdhdjdj WHO let him do this???
“demoiselle Marie-Françoise Corneille […] demeurant actuellement au château de Ferney, pays de Gex, auprès de messire François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, chevalier, gentilhomme ordinaire de la chambre du roi, et de l’Académie française, seigneur de Ferney, Tournay, Régny, Chambézy et autres places”
Chevalier?? “Autres places”??? Hello???
Also “Gentleman of the King’s Chamber”? What king? Frederick? He gave up that title during their little divorce
