Marquise de Mannoury d'Ectot (1835–1890)

Josephine-Henriette, marquise de Mannoury D'Ectot, was a celebrated French erotic novelist perhaps best known for Le Roman de Violette (1870) and Les Cousines de la Colonelle (1880) written under the pseudonym Vicomtesse de Coeur-Brûlant. A popular salonniere, her parties, which she hosted at her mansion in Normandy, attracted literary luminaries such as Paul Verlaine and Guy de Maupassant. When her money ran out, she began to write. She was the granddaughter of Nicolas Leblanc, the famous French chemist.