Emilie Luzac

Marguérite Emilie Luzac was a Dutch letter writer.
She was the sister of Jean (Johan) Luzac, book seller and publisher, her parents were Jean Luzac and Anna Hillegonda Valckenaer. On 5 November 1775 she married Wybo Fijnje, and the couple had three children: Jantje, who died on 30 March 1866; Miete-Coosje Fine; and Gontje. They lived in Delft, but also owned the country estate of Vlietenburgh in Voorburg. Since Wybo Fijnje was a member of the Patriots and the publisher of Hollandsche Historische Courant in Delft, after the Orange Revolution of 1787 the couple had to flee, leaving firstly for Antwerp, then Brussels, and finally Watten in French Flanders, where Emilie died in 1788. Her letters are published, with an ample introduction, by Baartmans under the title Myne beslommerde Boedel.