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Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, self proclaimed "Comtesse de la Motte" (22 July 1756 – 23 August 1791) was a notorious French adventuress and thief; she was married to Nicholas de la Motte whose family's claim to nobility was dubious.
Dec 4, 2018 · Jeanne de la Motte, the adventuress at the heart of the story, was found guilty and sentenced to be whipped, branded and imprisoned for life in the Salpêtrière, a notorious prison for prostitutes.
A confidence trickster who called herself Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, also known as Jeanne de la Motte, made a plan to use the necklace to gain wealth and possibly power and royal patronage. A descendant of an out-of-wedlock son of Henry II of France , Jeanne had married an officer of the gendarmes , Nicholas de la Motte , the self-proclaimed ...
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy—eventually Jeanne de la Motte— descended from kings but she grew up poorer than a servant. In her desperate attempt to climb back up the social ladder, she developed a venal mindset and turned to a life of lies and deception.
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy (22 juillet 1756, Fontette - 23 août 1791, Londres), lointaine descendante d'un bâtard du roi Henri II, est également connue sous le nom de comtesse de La Motte par son mariage avec Nicolas de La Motte et sous celui de comtesse de La Motte-Valois par usurpation de titulature nobiliaire.
May 9, 2017 · Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy was a poor-ish French peasant, descended from the Valois family via a great-grandfather who was the illegitimate son of King Henry II. Her father, Jacques, was a drunkard and basically useless person, leaving her and her siblings to beg for food as they grew up.
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Comtesse de La Motte. Adventuress, chiefly known for her role in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace that did so much to discredit Marie Antoinette; she was the descendant of the royal house of Valois royal through an illegitimate son of Henry II of France; in 1780 she married Nicolas de la Motte (q.v.), an officer ...
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