# Madame Tiphaine — The Celibates character guide

> Madame Tiphaine in The Celibates by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Madame Tiphaine, Tiphaine, Pretty Madame Tiphaine, Mademoiselle de Chargeboeuf, the Tiphaine, the beautiful Mademoiselle de Chargeboeuf, de Chargeboeuf

**First appearance:** 0000-story-i-pierrette

## Snapshot

The beautiful Mademoiselle de Chargeboeuf who, as Madame Tiphaine, rules Provins society and stands as the elegant counterweight to the Rogrons.

## Who they are

Married to the town's presiding judge and descended from the old nobility, Madame Tiphaine commands the salon that defines respectable opinion in Provins, setting her polished circle squarely against the Rogron faction. Her beauty and social authority make her both an ornament and a weapon, and the quiet war between her set and the upstarts sharpens every gathering. She matters because the battle for Provins is fought as much through invitations and alliances as through lawsuits, and her favor decides which side the town calls respectable.

## In the story

### [The Vicar of Tours](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_celibates_se/chapters/the-vicar-of-tours)

A social figure who attempts to mediate the conflict between Birotteau and Gamard, but ultimately becomes entangled in Troubert's schemes.

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