 Marivaux' friends included Helvétius, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle and even Madame de Pompadour (who allegedly provided him with a pension).Marivaux had one daughter, who became a nun; the duke of Orleans, the regent's successor, furnished her with her dowry.The early 1720s were very important for Marivaux; he wrote a comedy (now mostly lost) called "L'Amour et la vérité", another comedy, "Arlequin poli par l'amour", and an unsuccessful tragedy, "Annibal" (printed 1737).