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# Voiture woke Count de Guiche at night to announce that he was married
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- Published: 2026-11-14T17:35:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-14T17:50:11.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Aristocracy, Archive, Mores, People, Humour

The Comte de Guiche asked Vincent Voiture, a man renowned for his wit, whether it was true that he was married. Voiture gave no answer. But he came to the count after midnight, woke him and said: "I have come to tell you that I am married". De Guiche was furious.

And yes, you are not imagining it: the surname Voiture is "car" in French, but since we are speaking of the seventeenth century, it meant "cart, carriage" and pointed to the artisan origins of the court poet.