Juana Maria Ignazia Teresa (Cabarrus) Tallien (1773 - 1835)

Born 31 Jul 1773 in Carabanchel Alto, Madrid, España

Ancestors

Wife of Jean-Jacques (Devin) Devin de Fontenay — married 21 Feb 1788 (to 5 Apr 1793) in Paris, Île-de-France, France

Wife of Jean-Lambert Tallien — married 26 Dec 1794 (to 8 Apr 1802) in Paris, Seine, France

Wife of François Joseph Philippe (Riquet) de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay — married 3 Aug 1805 in Paris, Seine, France

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1835 at age 61 in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgique

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Biography

Thérésia (Cabarrus) Tallien is Notable.

Thérésa Cabarrus, also known as Thérésa Tallien, was a Spanish-born noblewoman, salon holder and social figure in the French Revolution. Thérésa used her influence to help as many early targets of the Reign of Terror as she could, earning the nickname "Notre-Dame de Bon Secours". She is credited with helping trigger the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Reign of Terror. She later became one of the most famous women of Paris and eventually married the Prince of Chimay.

Jeanne Ignace Thérèse (Juana Ignacia Teresa) de Cabarrus, known as "Theresa" or "Theresia" was born on 31 July 1773 at San Pedro de Carabanchel Alto near Madrid.^[1][2] She was the daughter of François (Francesco) Cabarrus, a rich merchant from Bayonne, and Maria Antonia Galabert,^[3] herself the daughter of a French industrialist based in Spain. She spent part of her early years in France to be educated.

She married Jean Jacques Devin de Fontenay on 21 February 1788 in Paris, when she was not yet 15 years old.^[3] Though several biographers claim that Devin de Fontenay was a marquis, he was not. The marriage was a failure. In 1793 the couple divorced by mutual consent.^[4] Theresa had one son during this marriage:

1. Antoine-François-Julien-Théodore-Denis-Ignace, born 2 May 1789 in Paris^[5] He became an officer and died, age 25, on 10 February 1815 in Paris.^[5]

After her divorce Theresa took refuge in Bordeaux with her family. She was arrested there, and imprisoned at the château du Hâ in difficult conditions. She wrote to Jean-Lambert Tallien, then an envoy of the National Convention in Bordeaux, to beg his help. Tallien had her liberated and they soon began living together. Theresa used her influence with Tallien to help as many targets of the Reign of Terror as she could, earning the nickname "Notre-Dame de Bon Secours". However this affair between a deputy of the Convention and a noblewoman did not sit well with the authorities in Paris, and Tallien was accused of softness in the execution of the Committee of Public Safety's orders. Tallien had to go back to Paris to justify himself, and Theresa followed him. She was again arrested and sent to La Force Prison and later to the Carmes Prison, where she met Joséphine de Beauharnais.

From the Carmes, and on the point of being sent to trial - which meant almost certain execution - Theresia smuggled a note to Tallien, saying that she was dying because her lover was a coward ("Je meurs d'appartenir à un lâche"). Soon afterwards, Tallien was one of the chief organizers of the fall of Robespierre on 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794), which marked the end of the Reign of Terror. Theresia and Joséphine were released, and Theresia earned the nickname "Notre-Dame de Thermidor". On 25 December 1794, Theresa and Jean-Lambert Tallien were married in Paris.^[1] They had a daughter, Rose-Thermidor Tallien, known as Joséphine, whose exact birth date is unknown (it is suspected she was born before her parents' marriage). Theresia and Tallien separated in 1795, but the divorce was only official in 1802.^[6]

Theresia was one of the leaders of Parisian social life during the French Directory regime. Her salon was famous and she was one of the originators of the Greek Revival style women's fashions. She had an affair with the powerful Paul Barras (with whom she had a child, who died at birth in 1797) . She next lived with the financier Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard, with whom she had four children:

1. Clémence (1800-1884)
2. Jules Adolphe Édouard Tallien de Cabarrus, physician and homeopath
3. Clarisse, born 1802
4. Stéphanie, born 1803.

On 15 Thermidor XIII (3 August 1805), Theresa married François Joseph Philippe de Riquet de Caraman, Prince of Chimay.^[7] The couple had four children:

1. Joseph (1808), Prince de Chimay
2. Michel Gabriel Alphonse (1810)
3. Marie Louise Stanislas Valérie Thérésia (1813-1814)
4. Marie Auguste Louise Thérésia Valentine (1815), marquise du Hallay-Coëtquen.

The family later moved to Chimay in Belgium. The couple, both music lovers, held a little court where they welcomed artists such as Maria Malibran and Luigi Cherubini.

Teresa Cabarrus died at Chimay on 15 January 1835, at the age of 61.^[8] She was buried in the local church beside her last husband.

Biographie

Jeanne Ignace Thérèse "Teresa" ou "Theresia" de Cabarrus est née le 31 juillet 1773 au château San Pedro de Carabanchel Alto, près de Madrid^[2]. Elle était la fille de François (Francesco) Cabarrus, négociant originaire de Bayonne, et de Mlle Galabert.

Elle épousa en premières noces Jean Jacques Devin de Fontenay (pas marquis, contrairement à ce qu'on peut lire chez plusieurs biographes anciens), le 21 février 1788 à Paris^[3][9]. Le divorce, par consentement mutuel, sera prononcé le 5 avril 1793^[4][10]. Un fils était né du mariage:

1. Antoine-François-Julien-Théodore-Denis-Ignace, né le 2 mai 1889 à Paris^[5]. Il devint officier et mourut à l'âge de 25 ans, le 10 février 1815 à l'hôtel de Fontenay à Paris^[5].

Elle épousa Jean-Lambert Tallien le 6 Nivose an III (26 décembre 1794) à Paris^[1][11]. Ils ont eu une fille, Rose-Thermidor, dite Joséphine, née en 1795. Après plusieurs années de séparation, Thérésia obtient le divorce le 18 Germinal an X (8 avril 1802)^[6].

Elle épouse François Joseph Philippe de Riquet de Caraman, Prince de Chimay à Paris le 15 thermidor an XIII (3 août 1805)^[7][12]. Elle eut 4 enfants de ce mariage:

1. Joseph, né le 20 août 1808
2. Michel Gabriel Alphonse, né le 5 juin 1810
3. Marie Louise Stanislas Valérie Thérésia (6 août 1813-14 janvier 1814)
4. Marie Auguste Louise Thérésia Valentine, née le 19 février 1815^[13].

Teresa Cabarrus est morte au château de Chimay le 15 janvier 1835, à l'âge de 61 ans^[8].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Acte de mariage: Archives de Paris, Actes de l'état-civil reconstitué cote 5Mi1 2009 du 19/12/1794 au 31/12/1794 vues 19-20
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} La citoyenne Tallien : souveraines et grandes dames, par Joseph Turquan, Montgredien (Paris) 1898 http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97467494/f15.image, consulté le 28 août 2017 via Gallica
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Acte de mariage: Archives de Paris, Actes de l'état-civil reconstitué cote 5Mi1 2006 Mariages du 04/02/1788 au 04/03/1788 vues 41-43
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Divorce: Archives de Paris, Acties de l'état-civil reconstitué cote 5Mi1 2008 Mariages du 01/04/1793 au 08/04/1793 vues 32-33
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} La Citoyenne Tallien, p. 31-32 http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97467494/f45.image
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Divorce: Archives de Paris; Actes de l'état-civil reconstitué cote 5Mi1 2013 Mariages du 06/04/1802 au 19/04/1802 vues 5-6
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Acte de mariage: Archives de Paris, Actes de l'état-civil reconstitué cote 5Mi1 2014 Mariages du 25/07/1805 au 05/08/1805 vues 36-38
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Acte de décès: Décès 1835 Chimay, État civil. Province du Hainaut. Arrondissements de Charleroi et Mons. Archives de l'Etat à Mons - 9999/999 - 21545 / 0_0001 (vue 52). Les Archives de l'Etat en Belgique. Consulté le 7 août 2017
9. ↑ Index des mariages, Cabaret/Cabasset, Fichiers de l'état-civil parisien reconstitué, Archives de Paris en ligne cote V3E/M 154 (vue 29), consulté le 28 août 2017
10. ↑ Index des mariages, Cabaret/Cabasset, Fichiers de l'état-civil parisien reconstitué, Archives de Paris en ligne cote V3E/M 154 (vue 28), consulté le 28 août 2017
11. ↑ Index des mariages, Cabaret/Cabasset, Fichiers de l'état-civil parisien reconstitué, Archives de Paris en ligne cote V3E/M 154 (vue 30), consulté le 25 août 2017
12. ↑ Index des mariages, Cabaret/Cabasset, Fichiers de l'état-civil parisien reconstitué, Archives de Paris en ligne cote V3E/M 154 (vue 31), consulté le 25 août 2017
13. ↑ Nobiliaire universel de France, ou Recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume. T. 9, par Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais, et al. Editeur : Bachelin-Deflorenne (Paris) 1872-1878. Pages: 349-350 http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k36870d/f354.image, consulté le 9 août 2017 via Gallica

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