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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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  5. Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémyeventually 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.

  6. The story. A con artist called Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois conceived of a plan to use the necklace to gain wealth and possibly power and royal patronage. A descendant of a bastard of Henry II of France, Jeanne de Valois had married the comte de Lamotte, and lived on a small pension which the King granted her.

  7. Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy (22 July 1756 – 23 August 1791) was a known French thief. She was married to Nicholas de la Motte whose family's claim to nobility is dubious. She herself was a descendant of the Valois royal family through an illegitimate son of King Henry II.

  8. A trickster who called herself Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, also known as Jeanne de la Motte, created a plan to use the necklace to get rich and possibly power and royal honors. In March 1785, Jeanne became the mistress of the Cardinal de Rohan, a former French ambassador to the court of Vienna.

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