Editing Marquis de Condorcet (section)

==Family==
In 1786 Condorcet married [[Sophie de Condorcet|Sophie de Grouchy]], who was more than twenty years his junior. Sophie, reckoned one of the most beautiful women of the day, became an accomplished [[Salon (gathering)|salon]] hostess as Madame de Condorcet, and also an accomplished translator of [[Thomas Paine]] and [[Adam Smith]]. She was intelligent and well educated, fluent in both English and Italian. The marriage was a strong one, and Sophie visited her husband regularly while he remained in hiding. Although she began proceedings for divorce in January 1794, it was at the insistence of Condorcet and Cabanis, who wished to protect their property from expropriation and to provide financially for Sophie and their young daughter, Louise 'Eliza' Alexandrine.

During his time in hiding, Condorcet penned a poignant letter to his daughter, who was then a toddler, offering his advice and wisdom to her as she grows to become an adult. The letter stands as a testament, not only for the loving hopes he has for his daughter as a father, but also for his egalitarian vision of the rights and opportunities for women in society.<ref>{{Citation |title=Advice to his daughter (written in hiding March 1794) |date=2012 |work=Condorcet: Political Writings |pages=196–204 |editor-last=Urbinati |editor-first=Nadia |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/condorcet-political-writings/advice-to-his-daughter-written-in-hiding-march-1794/24F77BC0AD3F48103A65E72399B72704 |access-date=2024-03-18 |series=Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/cbo9781139108119.012 |isbn=978-1-107-02101-3 |editor2-last=Lukes |editor2-first=Steven}}</ref>

Condorcet was survived by his widow and four-year-old Eliza. Sophie died in 1822, never having remarried, and having published all her husband's works between 1801 and 1804. Her work was carried on by Eliza, wife of former [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irishman]] [[Arthur O'Connor (United Irishman)|Arthur O'Connor]]. The Condorcet-O'Connors published a revised edition between 1847 and 1849.