Marie-Claire de Fleix of "Première dame d'honneur". By the request of her mother, she inherited the title duchess de Randan after her. She also inherited the title marquise de Sennecey after her childless brother in 1641. Marie-Claire de Fleix Marie-Claire de Fleix née "de Bauffremont" (1618–1680) was a French courtier. She served as "Première dame d'honneur" to the queen dowager of France, Anne of Austria, from 1643 until 1666. She was the daughter of Henri de Bauffremont, marquise de Senecey, and Marie-Catherine de Senecey, and married to Jean Baptiste Gaston de Foix, comte de Fleix (1617–1646), in 1637. Her mother was a favorite
Marie-Claire Kirkland Idola Saint-Jean and Kirkland outside the National Assembly of Quebec. The statue by Jules Lasalle was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kirkland being made the first female cabinet minister in Quebec. She was the first woman in the history of Quebec to be honoured with a national funeral. Marie-Claire Kirkland Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, (September 8, 1924 – March 24, 2016) was a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, the first woman appointed a Cabinet minister in Quebec, the first woman appointed acting premier, and the first woman judge to