Pauline de Lézardière
Marie-Charlotte-Pauline Robert de Lézardière, commonly known as Pauline de Lézardière, was a French historian who was born on 25 March 1754 at the Château de la Vérie (Challans) and died on 8 February 1835 at the Château de la Proustière (Poiroux). She remains best known for her multivolume history of French law. Biography Pauline was born in Challans, in France's Loire valley. Her father was Baron Louis-Jacques-Gilbert Robert de Lézardière and her mother was Charlotte Babaud de la Chaussade (who, in turn, was the daughter of Jean Babaud). Pauline's brothers included the Marquis Jacques Paul Toussaint Robert de Lézardière, Charles de La Lézardière, Joseph-Alexis Robert de La Lézardière and Jacques-Augustin Robert de Lézardière. Her father was well-versed in public affairs and history, interests that he passed on to his children. The Baron arranged a good education for them in Latin, history and geography, surely intended for his sons, but available to his daughter as well. Thus, even as a child, Pauline acquired a scholarly awareness that made her writings about the history of French laws possible. Inspiration After she learned about the famous failure of Maupeou's Reform in 1771 at the age of 17, she was inspired to begin documenting