She spent much of her childhood with her grandmother , Marie Aurore de Saxe , Madame Dupin de Franceuil . Her grandmother lived in her estate , Nohant , in the French region of Berry . Sand was born in Paris but raised for much of her childhood by her grandmother , Marie Aurore de Saxe , Madame Dupin de Franceuil , at her grandmother 's estate , Nohant , in the French province of Berry ( See House of George Sand ) .