Natalie Victurnienne, Marquise de Rougé
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Victurnienne Delphine Nathalie de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise de Rougé
Rougé
Rougé is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.It lies near Rennes.The name "Rougé" comes from the Latin "Rubiacus", means the red place...

(5 January 1759 Paris - 25 December 1828), was the daughter of the Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart.

Life

In 1777, she married Bonabes, Marquess of Rougé, who died five years later while returning from the West Indies on board the ship of the line Zele, after having fought in the War of American Independence.

She had two sons with Marquis de Rougé, Alexis Bonabes, Marquis de Rougé
Alexis Bonabes, Marquis de Rougé
Bonabes Louis Victurnien, Marquess of Rougé, baron de Coëtmen and de Montfaucon Peer of France, was a French military officer and statesman....

 (1778-1838) and Adrien, Count de Rougé
Adrien, Count de Rougé
Adrien Gabriel Victurnien, Count de Rougé, was a French statesman, distinguished soldier, and Peer of France.Adrien was a son of Bonabes, Marquis de Rougé and his wife Natalie Victurnienne...

 (1782-1861),
who are portrayed beside her in a painting by Vigee-Lebrun, (exhibited at the National Gallery of Art
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).

In 1789, she and her sons left France for Switzerland; they returned in 1790 and lived in seclusion with her husband's aunt, the Princess of Lorraine, Duchess d'Elbeuf, at the Chateau de Moreuil. In 1791, she, her children, her mother, and Mme de Pezay emigrated to Germany, settling first in Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

.
Joseph-Thomas, comte d'Espinchal, encountered them there, and noted in his journal:
I have found living here since the winter, the Duchess de Mortemart, mother of the Duke
Duke
A duke or duchess is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy...

 and of the Marquis de Mortemart, both of whom are deputies to the Estates-General ... and both members of the majority of the conservative nobility. The Marquise de Rougé, their sister, a pretty and amiable widow, is here with her children (she looks more like their sister) ... and Mme de Pezay ... who is her intimate friend.


In 1796, the Marquise de Rougé moved to Neustadt, near Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, where Adrien was admitted to the military academy. She lived in Altona and Munster before returning to Paris in 1798. As her lands had been expropriated and sold, at first she had to take room and board in a home run by former nuns. Her sons joined her in France in 1800. She died on December 25, 1828.
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