▁family ▁in ▁Sen lis , ▁who ▁offered ▁to ▁help ▁him ▁take ▁care ▁of ▁É lis abeth - M ade le ine . ▁Both ▁families ▁had ▁been ▁friends ▁since ▁ 1 6 8 9 , ▁and ▁Des m are ts ▁had ▁given ▁singing ▁less ons ▁to ▁their ▁daughter , ▁Marie - M arg uer ite , ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁fifteen . ▁During ▁these ▁vis its , ▁Des m are ts ▁and ▁the ▁now ▁eigh teen - year - old ▁Marie - M arg uer ite ▁fell ▁in ▁love ▁and ▁within ▁six ▁months ▁of ▁his ▁wife ' s ▁death , ▁they ▁asked ▁her ▁father ▁for ▁permission ▁to ▁marry . ▁He ▁flat ly ▁refused ▁and ▁put ▁his ▁daughter ▁in ▁a ▁convent ▁when ▁he ▁discovered ▁that ▁she ▁was ▁pre gn ant . ▁In ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁all ▁this , ▁Des m are ts ▁was ▁prepar ing ▁his ▁opera ▁V én us ▁et ▁Ad on is ▁for ▁its ▁ 1 6 9 7 ▁premi ere . ▁The ▁lo vers ▁el oped ▁to ▁Paris ▁and ▁Marie - M arg uer ite ▁gave ▁birth ▁to ▁a ▁son ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 6 9 8 . ▁ ▁Ex ile ▁After ▁the ▁el op ement , ▁nearly ▁three ▁years ▁of ▁complicated ▁court ▁cases ▁en su ed ▁with ▁Marie - M arg uer ite ' s ▁father , ▁Jacques ▁de ▁Saint - Go bert , ▁acc using ▁her ▁mother , ▁Marie - Char lot te ▁de ▁Saint - Go bert , ▁of ▁comp licity ▁in ▁the ▁affair . ▁She ▁in ▁turn ▁accused ▁her