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Early years and marriage. Jeanne de Valois was born on 22 July 1756 in Fontette (northeastern France near Bar-sur-Aube) to a family in a financially dire position.Her father, Jacques I de Saint-Rémy, Baron de Saint-Rémy (1717–1762), was a direct male-line descendant of Henri de Saint-Rémi [] (1557–1621), an illegitimate son of King Henry II and Nicole de Savigny; despite having royal ...
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 ...
May 17, 2023 · Maïwenn’s “Jeanne du Barry” follows the life of King Louis XV’s infamous mistress. The 2023 film, which premiered at Cannes last week, received a seven-minute standing ovation. Maïwenn ...
Dec 4, 2018 · Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Countess de La Motte. ... branded and imprisoned for life in the Salpêtrière, a notorious prison for prostitutes. However, she managed to escape disguised as a boy ...
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Traitorous Facts About Jeanne De La Motte, The Diamond Necklace Thief. Jeanne de la Motte was the mastermind behind one of France’s greatest diamond heists. 1. She Fell From Grace. 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 ...
Oct 22, 2019 · Jeanne de Valois-Saint Rémy was born in 1756 to an impoverished family in Champagne. Her father was an abusive alcoholic and her mother was a woman of ill repute. Jeanne was also a verified descendent of King Henry II, and as such, she believed that her royal blood entitled her to a life of luxury.
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Plot. Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, orphaned at an early age, is determined to reclaim her noble title and the home taken from her family when she was a child. When she is rebuffed by Marie Antoinette and fails to achieve her goal through legal channels, she joins forces with the arrogant, well-connected gigolo Rétaux de Villette and her own ...
