Anne-Marie Lacroix
Anne-Marie Lacroix, née Anne-Marie Allotte de Chancelay was a French writer.
Biography
Born in Loudun, Lacroix was the daughter of Isaac Allotte de Chancelé or Chancelay and Anne-Élisabeth Boisseau; some sources claim a date of birth of 1736 instead.She married Théodore Lacroix at Bonneuil in 1757. The couple had two sons; the elder, François-Théodore, was a lawyer, while the younger, Jean-Louis Lacroix de Niré, was an author and civil servant. Through Jean-Louis she was the grandmother of playwright Jules Lacroix and bibliophile Jacob Lacroix. They were also the parents of a daughter, Suzanne-Félicité, twin of François-Théodore.
In 1802, she published, anonymously, a three-volume novel titled Constantine, ou le danger des préventions maternelles.
A portrait of Lacroix by Jean Valade exists in which she is shown drawing a portrait of her daughter; she has been described by some writers as a pastellist on the basis of this image, but no other evidence is known.
Selected works
Constantine, Ou Le Danger Des Préventions Maternelles. Tome 1Constantine, Ou Le Danger Des Préventions Maternelles. Tome 2- ''Constantine, Ou Le Danger Des Préventions Maternelles. Tome 3''