Marie Louise Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein née marquise de Lescure (French pronunciation: [maʁi lwiz viktwaʁ də dɔnisɑ̃ də la ʁɔʃʒaklɛ̃]; 25 October 1772 - 15 February 1857), was a French memoirist. She is known for her memoirs, depicting her misfortunes and her part in the Vendée wars.
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Life
She was born at Versailles as the daughter of the courtier Guy Joseph de Donnissan and the lady-in-waiting Marie-Françoise de Durfort-Civrac. She was a member of a court family, and the goddaughter of Madame Victoire.
She and her mother left the court after the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, and retired to the family property in the country.
French revolution
In 1791, she married her cousin the marquis de Lescure, with whom she had been engaged since childhood. The couple intended to emigrate in February 1792, but decided to stay in Paris on the request of the queen, and attended the royal court.
She describe both the Demonstration of 20 June 1792 as well as the Storming of the Tuileries in her memoirs. She and her spouse left Paris before the September massacres.
