HOUDETOT, ELISABETH FRANCOISE SOPHIE DE LA LIVE DE BELLEGARDE, COMTESSE DE (173°— 1813), married the comte de Houdetot (see above) in 4748. In she formed with the marquis de Saint Lambert (q.v.) a connection which lasted till his death. Mme. de Houdetot has been made famous by the chapter in Rousseau's Confessions in which he describes his unreciprocated passion for her. When questioned on the subject she replied that he had much exag gerated. A view differing considerably from Rousseau's is to be found in the Memoires of Mme. d'Epinay, Mme. de Houdetot's sister-in-law.
See Bussenoir, La comtesse d'Houdetot (1901).