Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, comtesse de La Motte

(1756-1791)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, comtesse de, 1756-1791 LBT ID: JeLaMot1791 VIAF ID: 68920785 LOC ID: n86026112	B/BAP: 1756-07-22 DIED: 1791-08-23
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French adventuress implicated in an elaborate plot involving forgery and a diamond necklace that reflected badly on Marie Antoinette. She died in London.
REFERENCES TO Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, comtesse de La Motte: Sydney Smith to John Allen, 16 July 1818 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 2 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1818