Anne-Prospère de Launay
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Anne-Prospère de Launay (December 27, 1751 - May 13, 1781) was the sister of Marquis de Sade's wife Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil.
In the autumn of 1771 Anne-Prospère left her convent to make her home with the de Sades and their children after which Sade began an affair with her.
She wrote the passionate letter, written in blood « Je jure à M. le marquis de Sade, mon amant, de n’être jamais qu’à lui. … de ne jamais ni ne me marier, ni me donner à d’autres, de lui être fidèlement attachée, tant que le sang dont je me sers pour sceller ce serment coulera dans mes veines. Je lui fais le sacrifice de ma vie, de mon amour et de mes sentiments, avec la même ardeur que je lui ai fait celui de ma virginité. (…) »).
This letter was kept by Sade, transmitted to his descendents and discovered and published in 2006 by Maurice Lever among three other letters by the young lady.
On May 10 1781 Lady Anne de Launay falls ill with smallpox, the first signs of the disease appearing on Thursday evening. On May 13 she dies at 1:00 p.m.
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