Aurelio Voltaire Aurelio Voltaire Aurelio Voltaire Hernández (born January 25, 1967), professionally known as Aurelio Voltaire or by the mononym Voltaire, is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and musician. His professional name is his given middle name, which was the pen name of the famous French Enlightenment writer François-Marie Arouet. Voltaire is also an experienced animator and comic artist, and is a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. In the past, when asked about his real name, Voltaire avoided the question or implied that his real name is in fact Voltaire. Voltaire chose to use his middle
Marie-Angélique de Bombelles Marie-Angélique de Bombelles Marie-Angélique Charlotte de Bombelles née "de Mackau" (1762-1800), was a French court office holder and letter writer. She was maid of honour and a personal friend and confidante of Élisabeth of France (1764–1794), and known in history for her correspondence with her, which is preserved. She was the daughter of baron Louis Eléonor Dirkheim de Mackau (1727-1767) and Marie-Angélique de Mackau, and the sister of Renée Suzanne de Soucy (1758-1841) and Armand Louis de Mackau (1759-1827). She married her cousin, the diplomat baron Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles in 1778, and became the mother of Louis Philippe