Reine Philiberte de Varicourt


Reine Philiberte Rouph de Varicourt was a French lady of letters. The sister of Pierre-Marin Rouph de Varicourt, she was spotted by Voltaire during his stay at Ferney - he made her his adoptive daughter, married her off to the Marquis de Villette and gained her entry to the literary world under the pseudonym "Belle et Bonne".