Stéphanie-Louise de Bourbon-Conti

Stéphanie Louise de Bourbon-Conti (1762–1825), also known as Amélie-Gabrielle Stéphanie Louise de Bourbon-Conti, Anne Louise Billet, Stephanie Louise de Bourbon, and the Comtesse Stephanie Louise de Montcairzain, was a French author, musician, aristocrat and student of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. After the French Revolution, she owned a tobacco shop in Orléans. This volume appeared in an English translation, published in New Bern, North Carolina, in 1801.

Early life and education

Stéphanie Louise de Bourbon-Conti was born in Paris on December 26, 1762, and was reportedly the "natural" or illegitimate daughter of Louis François de Bourbon, prince de Conti and Louise Jeanne de Durfort, duchesse de Mazarin.