Charlotte-Françoise de Saint-Laurent
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49:, where her right to it was questioned and she was sued as an usurper to it in court. Until 1713, she was forced to defend her right to the county in several high-profile court cases. She was a major business entrepreneur. In this respect, she was unusual: married women were legally wards under their husband's guardianship and could thus not formally engage in business, but as her spouse signed a
45:, thereby making her ruling countess de Saint-Laurent in her own right. She kept her title even after her marriage, and also secured her son's right to it as her successor. To hold a noble title and a feudal fief, particularly after marriage, was most unusual and controversial for a woman, and even more so in the
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