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Philippe Angelique de Froissy (1702 – 15 October 1785 in Paris) was an illegitimate daughter of Philippe d'Orleans, the nephew and son-in-law of Louis XIV of France. She was comtesse de Segur by marriage, and a courtier of Louis XV, her cousin.
Her mother was Christine Antoinette Charlotte Desmares (1682–1753), a beautiful actress ("tragedienne") of the Theatre-Francais who was painted by Jean-Baptiste Santerre.
Charlotte Desmares was a niece of Marie Champmesle and one of the many mistresses of the regent, Philippe d'Orleans, around 1702, the year their daughter was born. Also born in 1702 was another illegitimate child of the duke, Jean Philippe d'Orleans, by a lady-in-waiting, Madame d'Argenton. Angelique's half-brother was legitimised in 1706, whereas Angelique was neither acknowledged nor recognized, although Madame du Prat erroneously states in her memoirs that she was recognized on April 22, 1722, the same day as the abbe de Saint-Albin, another illegitimate son of the Duke of Orleans by his mistress Florence Pellerin.
Madame de Segur belonged to the inner circle of Louis XV's intimates. She is described as "fresh, white, well made, strong and intoxicating".
She married Henri Francois, comte de Segur (1689–1751) at Cagny or Paris on 10 or 12 September 1718. He was the son Henri Joseph, comte de Segur and Claude Elisabeth Binet.
Called le beau Segur ("the handsome Segur"), her husband had been "master of the wardrobe" of the Regent (maitre de la garderobe du Regent). He lived in an hotel in Passy, Paris on a beautiful ten-acre property, which later passed to the Duchess of Valentinois and was named Hotel de Valentinois after her. (The property is famous for being the residence of Benjamin Franklin for nearly ten years.)
They had at least five children:
Angelique died in Paris 1785 at 83 years of age, and was buried at the Eglise Saint-Eustache, Paris.