Angelique Elisabeth le Tonnelier de Breteuil

Angélique-Marie Élisabeth Émilie de Matignon, née Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, married Countesse Goyon de Matignon and known in history as Madame de Matignon (14 March 1757 in Paris – 14 May 1833 in Paris), was a prominent fashion figure during the French Ancien Régime, known for her extravagant hairdressing expenses. Life Her father was Louis Charles Auguste Le Tonnellier, Baron de Breteuil, French diplomate and politician (1730 Azay-le-Ferron - 1807 Paris), and her mother was Philiberte Jerôme de Parat de Montgeron, daughter of a wealthy financier (October 1737 Paris - 13/14 March 1765/1786). They were married on 24 January 1752. Some Internet sources give her year of birth as 1740 and the year of the marriage as 1768, possibly due to a mix up to another person of a similar name. Her mother Philiberte de Parat de Montgeron died on 13 or 14 March 1765 or 1786, the place and the time of death are uncertain. Some sources say she died in Stockholm, Sweden in 1765, possibly of childbirth, but her husband Baron de Breteuil was accredited as the French ambassador in Sweden four years later in 1769 at the earliest. Angélique-Marie Élisabeth Émilie de Matignon was married with Count Louis Charles Auguste Goyon de Matignon, Count de Gacé (22 April 1755 Paris - 18 December 1773 Naples) in 1772. He was the last male descendant of the maréchaux de Goyon de Matignon. She was widowed at the age of 16, when her husband died in Naples on 18 December 1773 at the age of 18. Their daughter Anne Louise Caroline was born in Naples the following year, on 3 May or 3 July 1774. In 1773 her father Baron de Breteuil was the French ambassador in Naples. Anne Louise Caroline, née de Goyon de Matignon, Countesse de Gacé (3 May/July 1774 Naples – 23 March 1846 Paris) married 1788 Anne-Charles Francois, Duke de Montmorency (1768–1846).