▁husband ▁of ▁attempting ▁to ▁poison ▁her . ▁Saint - Go bert ▁dis in her ited ▁his ▁daughter ▁and ▁had ▁Des m are ts ▁charged ▁with ▁s edu ction ▁and ▁kid n apping . ▁Des m are ts ▁and ▁Marie - Mag uer ite ▁fled ▁to ▁Br uss els ▁before ▁he ▁could ▁be ▁arrested , ▁leaving ▁his ▁opera ▁I ph ig én ie ▁en ▁T aur ide ▁un fin ished . ▁He ▁was ▁eventually ▁condem ned ▁to ▁death ▁in ▁absent ia ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 7 0 0 . ▁With ▁no ▁possibility ▁of ▁returning ▁to ▁France , ▁Des m are ts ▁took ▁a ▁position ▁in ▁Spain ▁as ▁the ▁court ▁composer ▁to ▁Philip ▁V . ▁There ▁he ▁and ▁Mar guer ite ▁were ▁officially ▁married . ▁He ▁left ▁Spain ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 7 ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁master ▁of ▁music ▁at ▁the ▁court ▁of ▁Leopold , ▁Duke ▁of ▁Lor raine ▁at ▁the ▁ ▁Ch âteau ▁de ▁L un é ville . ▁( At ▁the ▁time , ▁Lor raine ▁was ▁not ▁officially ▁part ▁of ▁France .) ▁While ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁ex ile , ▁his ▁friends ▁Jean - B apt iste ▁Math o ▁and ▁Anne ▁Dan ican ▁Phil idor ▁kept ▁his ▁art istic ▁reputation ▁alive ▁in ▁France ▁by ▁ens uring ▁that ▁his ▁works ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁performed ▁and ▁published ▁there . ▁André ▁Camp ra ▁completed ▁I ph ig én ie ▁en ▁T aur ide ▁for ▁him ▁and ▁it ▁premier ed ▁in ▁Paris ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 4 . ▁ ▁Final ▁years ▁Des m are ts ▁was