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Changed date of birth of Anne, Olympe's mother to1714. Can't be1727, as she would then have been only 10 when she married. Also Pompignan, her godfather, is reputed to be 5 at the time and he was born in 1709.

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	Marie Gouze was born on 7 May 1748 in [[Montauban]], [[Quercy]] (in the present-day [[Departments of France\|department]] of [[Tarn-et-Garonne]]), in southwestern France.<ref name="Kuiper-note">{{Cite web \|last=Kuiper \|first=Kathleen \|title=Researcher's Note: Who was Olympe de Gouges's father? \|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olympe-de-Gouges/additional-info \|access-date=1 June 2021 \|website=Encyclopedia Britannica \|language=en}}</ref> Her mother, Anne Olympe Mouisset Gouze, was the daughter of a [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] family.<ref name="Mousset9">{{cite book \|last= Mousset \|first= Sophie \|title= Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges \|year= 2007 \|publisher= Transaction Publishers \|location= New Brunswick (US) & London \|isbn= 978-0-7658-0345-0 \|page= 9 }}</ref> The identity of her father is ambiguous. Her father may have been her mother's husband, Pierre Gouze, or she may have been the [[Legitimacy (family law)\|illegitimate]] daughter of [[Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan]].<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> Marie Gouze encouraged rumours that Pompignan was her father, and their relationship is considered plausible but "historically unverifiable."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Cole\|first=John R.\|title=Between the Queen and the Cabby: Olympe de Gouge's Rights of Woman\|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press\|year=2011\|isbn=9780773538863\|location=Montreal; Kingston; London; Ithaca\|pages=8–9}}</ref> Other rumours in the eighteenth century also suggested that her father might be [[Louis XV]], but this identification is not considered credible.<ref name="Kuiper-note" />		Marie Gouze was born on 7 May 1748 in [[Montauban]], [[Quercy]] (in the present-day [[Departments of France\|department]] of [[Tarn-et-Garonne]]), in southwestern France.<ref name="Kuiper-note">{{Cite web \|last=Kuiper \|first=Kathleen \|title=Researcher's Note: Who was Olympe de Gouges's father? \|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olympe-de-Gouges/additional-info \|access-date=1 June 2021 \|website=Encyclopedia Britannica \|language=en}}</ref> Her mother, Anne Olympe Mouisset Gouze, was the daughter of a [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] family.<ref name="Mousset9">{{cite book \|last= Mousset \|first= Sophie \|title= Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges \|year= 2007 \|publisher= Transaction Publishers \|location= New Brunswick (US) & London \|isbn= 978-0-7658-0345-0 \|page= 9 }}</ref> The identity of her father is ambiguous. Her father may have been her mother's husband, Pierre Gouze, or she may have been the [[Legitimacy (family law)\|illegitimate]] daughter of [[Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan]].<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> Marie Gouze encouraged rumours that Pompignan was her father, and their relationship is considered plausible but "historically unverifiable."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Cole\|first=John R.\|title=Between the Queen and the Cabby: Olympe de Gouge's Rights of Woman\|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press\|year=2011\|isbn=9780773538863\|location=Montreal; Kingston; London; Ithaca\|pages=8–9}}</ref> Other rumours in the eighteenth century also suggested that her father might be [[Louis XV]], but this identification is not considered credible.<ref name="Kuiper-note" />

	The Pompignan family had long-standing close ties to the Mouisset family of Marie Gouze's mother, Anne. When Anne was born in ~~1727~~, the eldest Pompignan son, Jean-Jacques Lefranc de Pompignan (age five), was her godfather. Anne's father tutored him as he grew. During their childhoods, Pompignan became close to Anne, but was separated from her in 1734 when he was sent to Paris. Anne married Pierre Gouze, a butcher, in 1737 and had three children before Marie, a son and two girls.<ref name="Mousset10">{{cite book\|last=Mousset\|first=Sophie\|title=Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges\|publisher=Transaction Publishers\|year=2007\|isbn=978-0-7658-0345-0\|location=New Brunswick (US) & London\|page=10}}</ref> Pompignan returned to Montauban in 1747, the year before Marie's birth.<ref name="Mousset10" /> Pierre was legally recognized as Marie's father.<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> Pierre did not attend Marie's baptism on 8 May. Her godfather was a workman named Jean Portié, and her godmother a woman named Marie Grimal.<ref name="Mousset11">{{cite book\|last=Mousset\|first=Sophie\|title=Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges\|publisher=Transaction Publishers\|year=2007\|isbn=978-0-7658-0345-0\|location=New Brunswick (US) & London\|page=11}}</ref> Pierre died in 1750.<ref name="Mousset11"/>		The Pompignan family had long-standing close ties to the Mouisset family of Marie Gouze's mother, Anne. When Anne was born in 1714, the eldest Pompignan son, Jean-Jacques Lefranc de Pompignan (age five), was her godfather. Anne's father tutored him as he grew. During their childhoods, Pompignan became close to Anne, but was separated from her in 1734 when he was sent to Paris. Anne married Pierre Gouze, a butcher, in 1737 and had three children before Marie, a son and two girls.<ref name="Mousset10">{{cite book\|last=Mousset\|first=Sophie\|title=Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges\|publisher=Transaction Publishers\|year=2007\|isbn=978-0-7658-0345-0\|location=New Brunswick (US) & London\|page=10}}</ref> Pompignan returned to Montauban in 1747, the year before Marie's birth.<ref name="Mousset10" /> Pierre was legally recognized as Marie's father.<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> Pierre did not attend Marie's baptism on 8 May. Her godfather was a workman named Jean Portié, and her godmother a woman named Marie Grimal.<ref name="Mousset11">{{cite book\|last=Mousset\|first=Sophie\|title=Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges\|publisher=Transaction Publishers\|year=2007\|isbn=978-0-7658-0345-0\|location=New Brunswick (US) & London\|page=11}}</ref> Pierre died in 1750.<ref name="Mousset11"/>

	The primary support for the identification of Pompignan as Marie Gouze's father is found in her semi-autobiographical novel, ''{{lang\|fr\|Mémoires de Madame de Valmont}}'', published after Pompignan's death.<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> According to the contemporary politician {{ill\|Jean-Baptiste Poncet-Delpech\|fr\|Jean-Baptiste Poncet-Delpech}} and others, "all of Montauban" knew that Pompignan was Gouze's father.<ref name="Paul1989">{{cite web\|last=Paul\|first=Pauline\|date=2 June 1989\|title=I Foresaw it All: The Amazing Life and Oeuvre of Olympe de Gouges\|url=http://www.logosjournal.com/issue_5.2/paul.htm\|work=[[Die Zeit]]\|translator=Kai Artur Diers\|access-date=13 July 2007\|archive-date=2 December 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202094909/http://www.logosjournal.com/issue_5.2/paul.htm\|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, some historians consider it likely that Gouze fabricated the story for her memoirs in order to raise her prestige and social standing when she moved to Paris.<ref name=":0" />		The primary support for the identification of Pompignan as Marie Gouze's father is found in her semi-autobiographical novel, ''{{lang\|fr\|Mémoires de Madame de Valmont}}'', published after Pompignan's death.<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> According to the contemporary politician {{ill\|Jean-Baptiste Poncet-Delpech\|fr\|Jean-Baptiste Poncet-Delpech}} and others, "all of Montauban" knew that Pompignan was Gouze's father.<ref name="Paul1989">{{cite web\|last=Paul\|first=Pauline\|date=2 June 1989\|title=I Foresaw it All: The Amazing Life and Oeuvre of Olympe de Gouges\|url=http://www.logosjournal.com/issue_5.2/paul.htm\|work=[[Die Zeit]]\|translator=Kai Artur Diers\|access-date=13 July 2007\|archive-date=2 December 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202094909/http://www.logosjournal.com/issue_5.2/paul.htm\|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, some historians consider it likely that Gouze fabricated the story for her memoirs in order to raise her prestige and social standing when she moved to Paris.<ref name=":0" />

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	Marie Gouze was born on 7 May 1748 in [[Montauban]], [[Quercy]] (in the present-day [[Departments of France\|department]] of [[Tarn-et-Garonne]]), in southwestern France.<ref name="Kuiper-note">{{Cite web \|last=Kuiper \|first=Kathleen \|title=Researcher's Note: Who was Olympe de Gouges's father? \|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olympe-de-Gouges/additional-info \|access-date=1 June 2021 \|website=Encyclopedia Britannica \|language=en}}</ref> Her mother, Anne Olympe Mouisset Gouze, was the daughter of a [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] family.<ref name="Mousset9">{{cite book \|last= Mousset \|first= Sophie \|title= Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges \|year= 2007 \|publisher= Transaction Publishers \|location= New Brunswick (US) & London \|isbn= 978-0-7658-0345-0 \|page= 9 }}</ref> The identity of her father is ambiguous. Her father may have been her mother's husband, Pierre Gouze, or she may have been the [[Legitimacy (family law)\|illegitimate]] daughter of [[Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan]].<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> Marie Gouze encouraged rumours that Pompignan was her father, and their relationship is considered plausible but "historically unverifiable."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Cole\|first=John R.\|title=Between the Queen and the Cabby: Olympe de Gouge's Rights of Woman\|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press\|year=2011\|isbn=9780773538863\|location=Montreal; Kingston; London; Ithaca\|pages=8–9}}</ref> Other rumours in the eighteenth century also suggested that her father might be [[Louis XV]], but this identification is not considered credible.<ref name="Kuiper-note" />		Marie Gouze was born on 7 May 1748 in [[Montauban]], [[Quercy]] (in the present-day [[Departments of France\|department]] of [[Tarn-et-Garonne]]), in southwestern France.<ref name="Kuiper-note">{{Cite web \|last=Kuiper \|first=Kathleen \|title=Researcher's Note: Who was Olympe de Gouges's father? \|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olympe-de-Gouges/additional-info \|access-date=1 June 2021 \|website=Encyclopedia Britannica \|language=en}}</ref> Her mother, Anne Olympe Mouisset Gouze, was the daughter of a [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois]] family.<ref name="Mousset9">{{cite book \|last= Mousset \|first= Sophie \|title= Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges \|year= 2007 \|publisher= Transaction Publishers \|location= New Brunswick (US) & London \|isbn= 978-0-7658-0345-0 \|page= 9 }}</ref> The identity of her father is ambiguous. Her father may have been her mother's husband, Pierre Gouze, or she may have been the [[Legitimacy (family law)\|illegitimate]] daughter of [[Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan]].<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> Marie Gouze encouraged rumours that Pompignan was her father, and their relationship is considered plausible but "historically unverifiable."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Cole\|first=John R.\|title=Between the Queen and the Cabby: Olympe de Gouge's Rights of Woman\|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press\|year=2011\|isbn=9780773538863\|location=Montreal; Kingston; London; Ithaca\|pages=8–9}}</ref> Other rumours in the eighteenth century also suggested that her father might be [[Louis XV]], but this identification is not considered credible.<ref name="Kuiper-note" />

	The Pompignan family had long-standing close ties to the Mouisset family of Marie Gouze's mother, Anne. When Anne was born in ~~1727~~, the eldest Pompignan son, Jean-Jacques Lefranc de Pompignan (age five), was her godfather. Anne's father tutored him as he grew. During their childhoods, Pompignan became close to Anne, but was separated from her in 1734 when he was sent to Paris. Anne married Pierre Gouze, a butcher, in 1737 and had three children before Marie, a son and two girls.<ref name="Mousset10">{{cite book\|last=Mousset\|first=Sophie\|title=Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges\|publisher=Transaction Publishers\|year=2007\|isbn=978-0-7658-0345-0\|location=New Brunswick (US) & London\|page=10}}</ref> Pompignan returned to Montauban in 1747, the year before Marie's birth.<ref name="Mousset10" /> Pierre was legally recognized as Marie's father.<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> Pierre did not attend Marie's baptism on 8 May. Her godfather was a workman named Jean Portié, and her godmother a woman named Marie Grimal.<ref name="Mousset11">{{cite book\|last=Mousset\|first=Sophie\|title=Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges\|publisher=Transaction Publishers\|year=2007\|isbn=978-0-7658-0345-0\|location=New Brunswick (US) & London\|page=11}}</ref> Pierre died in 1750.<ref name="Mousset11"/>		The Pompignan family had long-standing close ties to the Mouisset family of Marie Gouze's mother, Anne. When Anne was born in 1714, the eldest Pompignan son, Jean-Jacques Lefranc de Pompignan (age five), was her godfather. Anne's father tutored him as he grew. During their childhoods, Pompignan became close to Anne, but was separated from her in 1734 when he was sent to Paris. Anne married Pierre Gouze, a butcher, in 1737 and had three children before Marie, a son and two girls.<ref name="Mousset10">{{cite book\|last=Mousset\|first=Sophie\|title=Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges\|publisher=Transaction Publishers\|year=2007\|isbn=978-0-7658-0345-0\|location=New Brunswick (US) & London\|page=10}}</ref> Pompignan returned to Montauban in 1747, the year before Marie's birth.<ref name="Mousset10" /> Pierre was legally recognized as Marie's father.<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> Pierre did not attend Marie's baptism on 8 May. Her godfather was a workman named Jean Portié, and her godmother a woman named Marie Grimal.<ref name="Mousset11">{{cite book\|last=Mousset\|first=Sophie\|title=Women's Rights and the French Revolution: A Biography of Olympe de Gouges\|publisher=Transaction Publishers\|year=2007\|isbn=978-0-7658-0345-0\|location=New Brunswick (US) & London\|page=11}}</ref> Pierre died in 1750.<ref name="Mousset11"/>

	The primary support for the identification of Pompignan as Marie Gouze's father is found in her semi-autobiographical novel, ''{{lang\|fr\|Mémoires de Madame de Valmont}}'', published after Pompignan's death.<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> According to the contemporary politician {{ill\|Jean-Baptiste Poncet-Delpech\|fr\|Jean-Baptiste Poncet-Delpech}} and others, "all of Montauban" knew that Pompignan was Gouze's father.<ref name="Paul1989">{{cite web\|last=Paul\|first=Pauline\|date=2 June 1989\|title=I Foresaw it All: The Amazing Life and Oeuvre of Olympe de Gouges\|url=http://www.logosjournal.com/issue_5.2/paul.htm\|work=[[Die Zeit]]\|translator=Kai Artur Diers\|access-date=13 July 2007\|archive-date=2 December 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202094909/http://www.logosjournal.com/issue_5.2/paul.htm\|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, some historians consider it likely that Gouze fabricated the story for her memoirs in order to raise her prestige and social standing when she moved to Paris.<ref name=":0" />		The primary support for the identification of Pompignan as Marie Gouze's father is found in her semi-autobiographical novel, ''{{lang\|fr\|Mémoires de Madame de Valmont}}'', published after Pompignan's death.<ref name="Kuiper-note" /> According to the contemporary politician {{ill\|Jean-Baptiste Poncet-Delpech\|fr\|Jean-Baptiste Poncet-Delpech}} and others, "all of Montauban" knew that Pompignan was Gouze's father.<ref name="Paul1989">{{cite web\|last=Paul\|first=Pauline\|date=2 June 1989\|title=I Foresaw it All: The Amazing Life and Oeuvre of Olympe de Gouges\|url=http://www.logosjournal.com/issue_5.2/paul.htm\|work=[[Die Zeit]]\|translator=Kai Artur Diers\|access-date=13 July 2007\|archive-date=2 December 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202094909/http://www.logosjournal.com/issue_5.2/paul.htm\|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, some historians consider it likely that Gouze fabricated the story for her memoirs in order to raise her prestige and social standing when she moved to Paris.<ref name=":0" />

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imported>Redilion: Changed date of birth of Anne, Olympe's mother to1714. Can't be1727, as she would then have been only 10 when she married. Also Pompignan, her godfather, is reputed to be 5 at the time and he was born in 1709.

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