Girardin de Montgérald, Laure, Comtesse de la Touche |
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BORN 26 Apr 1749, Martinique - DIED 24 Oct 1817, Paris: 1e Ancien BIRTH NAME Girardin de Montgérald, Marie Françoise Laure de GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 13, Carrefour du Grand Rond, ligne 03 (Moiroux: W-22)) |
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Laure de Girardin de Montgérald was a Creole from Martinique. She came from a family of sugar panters. Her father was Pierre de Girardin de Montgérald (1721-1782) and her mother was Claire Elisabeth Hooke de Gatteville. Her first husband was Alexandre-Francois Le Vassor de la Touche de Longpre (1744 - 1779). In 1779 she had a son from an affair with Alexandre de Beauharnais, the future husband of Joséphine de Beauharnais. Joséphine was Laure's cousin. She met general Arthur Dillon in the Antilles and they married in 1785 in France. Their daughter Fanny Dillon was born in the same year and they had more children. Her husband was a royalist and he died under the guillotine in1794. Laure died in 1817. Family • Daughter: Bertrand-Dillon, Fanny |
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 The grave of Laure Girardin de Montgérald and Fanny Bertrand-Dillon at the Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (08 Feb 2025) |
 The grave of Laure Girardin de Montgérald and Fanny Bertrand-Dillon at the Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (08 Feb 2025) |
Sources • Laure de Girardin de Montgérald - Wikipédia (FR) • Laure DE GIRARDIN DE MONTGÉRALD : Family tree by Alain GARRIC (garric) - Geneanet |
