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21 - Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy.

21 - Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy.

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Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy. Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, self-proclaimed "Comtesse de la Motte" (22 July 1756 – 23 August 1791) was a French noblewoman, notorious adventuress and a thief; she was married to Nicholas de la Motte, whose family's claim to nobility was dubious. She herself was an impoverished descendant of the Valois royal family through an illegitimate son of King Henry II. She has been known for her prominent role in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, one of many scandals that led to the French Revolution and helped to destroy the monarchy of France. Early years and marriage. Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Luz de Valois was born on 22 July 1756 in Fontette (northeastern France near Bar-sur-Aube) to a family in a financially precarious position. Her father, Jacques I de Saint-Rémy, Baron de Saint-Rémy, Seigneur de Luze (1717–1762), was a direct male-line descendant of Henri de Valois, Count of Saint-Rémy, Baron de Fontette (1557–1621), an illegitimate son of King Henry II by his mistress, Nicole de Savigny; despite having royal blood of the House of Valois, Jacques was known as a drunkard and to live from expedients. Her mother was Marie Jossel (1726-1783), a court servant girl, daughter of Pierre Jossel and Françoise Pitois, whom Jacques married in Langres in 1755, four years after the birth of their first son Jacques (b. 1751) and two years after the birth of their second son Joseph (b. 1753). Jeanne was the third of six children. Three of Jacques de Valois de Saint-Rémy and Marie Jossel's six children died in childhood: Joseph (9 March 1753 – 9 December 1753), Marie Marguerite Anne (17 February 1759 – 23 May 1767) and Jean (5 March 1760 – 9 March 1760). The three surviving de Valois de Saint-Rémy children, Jacques II (25 July 1751 – 1785), Jeanne, and Marie-Anne (2 October 1757 – 28 April 1836) were neglected, went barefoot, tended the cows, and often found it necessary to beg for food. According to Count Beugnot as written in his Mémoires, they were rescued by his father and the abbot of Langres. According to another source, the family moved to Boulogne near Paris where a priest and one of his rich parishioners, Madame de Boulainvilliers, took care of them. Her elder brother, Jacques II de Saint-Rémy, Baron de Valois (1751-1787) became a Lieutenant of the King's ships, commander of a frigate and a Knight of the Order of Saint Louis. He never married, nor had children and died on military duty on Saint-Louis Island. Her younger sister Marie-Anne de Saint-Rémy (1757-1836) went back to religious life. She became a canoness and lived in Germany, where she died in 1836. Of the three siblings, Jeanne would be the only one to achieve notoriety. None of the three Saint-Rémy children had any known living descendants. In any case, their Valois ancestry was ascertained by a genealogist at Versailles, and as a result of legal dispositions set up to help children from impoverished noble families, Jacques was granted a yearly stipend of 1000 pounds and a post in a military academy; Jeanne and Marie-Anne went to a boarding school in Passy and were given a stipend of 900 pounds. They were supposed to become nuns in the Longchamps monastery, but instead chose to go back to Bar-sur-Aube where they lived with the Surmont family. On 6 June 1780, Jeanne married Marc-Antoine-Nicolas de la Motte, Surmont's nephew and an officer of the gendarmes. At the time of her wedding, Jeanne was heavily pregnant; only one month later (7 July) her newborn twins were baptized as Jean-Baptiste de la Motte (b. 6 July 1780) and Nicolas-Marc de la Motte (b. 6 July 1780). Both children lived only a few days. While the de la Motte family's claim to nobility was dubious, both husband and wife assumed the title Comte and Comtesse de La Motte Valois. Affair of the Diamond Necklace. When it became clear that Nicolas was unable to meet the couple's financial needs to maintain them in the extravagant style that his wife avidly desired, Jeanne resolved to ask for a more generous pension from the royal family due to her royal blood. She decided to approach Queen Marie Antoinette, anticipating sympathetic reception based on commonality of gender. Jeanne therefore made frequent visits to Versailles in the hope of catching the Queen's attention. At that time, any ordinary citizen dressed in suitable attire could enter the palace and its gardens, and observe the royal family. Nevertheless, Marie-Antoinette had been told of Jeanne's questionable lifestyle and refused to meet her. The marriage between Jeanne and her husband was unsuccessful although they continued to live together. Jeanne took a lover, Rétaux de Villette, a common gigolo and Nicolas's fellow officer in the gendarmerie. Around 1783, she met Cardinal Prince Louis de Rohan. Jeanne quickly became his mistress and confidante. As a result, she became aware that the Prince wanted nothing more than to win Marie Antoinette's approval. ...
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