Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François de Sade was born on 2 June 1740, in the Hôtel de Condé, Paris, to Jean Baptiste François Joseph, Count de Sade and Marie Eléonore de Maillé de Carman, cousin and Lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Condé. He was his parents' only surviving child. He was educated by an uncle, the Abbé de Sade. In Sade's youth, his father abandoned the family; his mother joined a convent. He was raised with servants who indulged "his every whim," which led to his becoming "known as a rebellious and spoiled child with an ever-growing temper." Later in his childhood,
Saint Alphonse, Manitoba Saint Alphonse, Manitoba Saint Alphonse is a small English speaking Belgium community in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Saint Alphonse is part of the Rural Municipality of Lorne. The village of Saint Alphonse was founded in the early 1880s by immigrants mainly from Belgium and some from Quebec. Other Belgian immigrants settled further north and founded the village of Bruxelles. The school of Saint Alphonse opened in 1883. It hosted Belgian children of which two thirds were Walloons and from Brussels and a third of Flemish origin. The common language of instruction for all students was only French. In 1959,