WXDA Person Record #765

Jeanne de la Motte

Person Details

Person Type

Subject of study; Author

Presumptive Sex

Female

Social Rank

Noble

Given Names

Jeanne

Honorific

Mad.; Countess

Name / Title(s)

de la Motte; de Valois-Saint-Rémy

Title

de la Motte,de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Jeanne

Notes

called herself de la Motte

Mentioned in 2 Records

• Parisian Intelligence. Paris, June 18.
  27 Jun 1787Criminal

  "Mad. de la Motte made her escape from the Saltpetriere, in man's cloaths, with a switch in her hand.  She passed the outer gate at 10 o'clock in the morning, g…

• Narrative of the Escape of the Countess Valois de la Motte, As Stated by Herself.
  18 Aug 1787Criminal

  An account by de la Motte of her escape from the Bastile in man's clothes. "The Countess is perhaps the first and only prisoner who ever could find the way out …

Author / Creator of 1 Record

• Narrative of the Escape of the Countess Valois de la Motte, As Stated by Herself.
  18 Aug 1787Criminal

  An account by de la Motte of her escape from the Bastile in man's clothes. "The Countess is perhaps the first and only prisoner who ever could find the way out …