Marie Louise Mignot on his homosexuality. She refused to follow Voltaire to the court of Frederick II of Prussia but moved with him to Les Délices in Geneva and then to Ferney, where they lived as a couple (though Voltaire was in love with her, they never married) until Voltaire's death in 1778, on which she inherited the majority of his estate. However, preferring Paris society, she sold off the château to move back to Paris. Marie Louise Mignot Marie Louise Mignot (1712–1790) was a French literary figure. She was the daughter of Voltaire's sister, Catherine Arouet (1686–1726) and her husband Pierre-François Mignot
Marie Parcello Marie Parcello Marie Victoria Parcells (also, Maritje Victoria Parcells Bixby; nicknames, Maude, Maxie; August 27, 1860, Cayuga, New York - July 22, 1937, Plattsburgh, New York) was an American singer, better known by her adopted name, Marie Parcello. Her contralto voice had the unusual range of three octaves, from C to C. She debuted as a concert contralto in Paris at the age of 20. Parcello was born Maude Marie V. Parcells at Cayuga, New York. Her parents were Rev. Joseph Jerome and Mraitje (Felthousen) Parcells. She was surrounded by musical influences from her infancy, her grandfather, Dr. Christopher Feldhausen,