Note 367 — BOOK V[218]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Reine Philiberte Marquise de Villette (d. 1822), née Roupt de Varicourt, was adopted by Voltaire at the instance of his niece, Mme. Denis. She called him uncle; he called her "Belle et bonne," and married her in 1777 to the Marquis de Villette (vide infra, p. 178).—T.