A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Castelnau, Henriette Julie de
CASTELNAU, HENRIETTE JULIE DE,
Daughter of the Marquis de Castelnau, Governor of Brest, was born in 1670. She married Count de Murat, colonel of infantry, brigadier of the armies of the king. Her levity and love of pleasure injured her reputation. After her husband's death, the king exiled her to Auch; but when the Duke of Orleans became regent, she was recalled. She died the following year, 1716. She wrote several prose works; among others, "La Comtesse de Chateaubriand, or the Effects of Jealousy," and "The Sprites of the Castle of Kernosi." She also wrote fairy tales, and several poems.