What is Rosalie Lamorlière?
'''Rosalie Lamorlière''' (19 March 1768 – 2 February 1848) was the last servant of [[Marie Antoinette]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/cu31924024293429|title=The last days of Marie Antoinette|last=Lenotre|first=G.|last2=Stawell|first2=Rodolph|date=1907|publisher=|others=}}</ref> [[File:Rosalie_Lamorliere.jpg|center|thumb|Sketch of Rosalie Lamorlière]] == Life == Rosalie Lamorlière was born on 19 March 1768, in [[France]]. Her father was a shoemaker, and her mother had died when she was 12. In 1792, Rosalie was given the job of a [[Servant|maid]] at the [[Conciergerie]], which was, at the time, a [[jail]].<ref>Miserole, Ludovic (2018), ''Rosalie Lamorlière, dernière servante de Marie-Antoinette'' </ref> When [[Marie Antoinette]] was imprisoned there, Rosalie began to take care of her until Marie Antoinette’s death on 16 October 1793.<ref>Fraser, Antoina (2001), ''Marie Antoinette: The Journey''</ref> Rosalie would work at the jail until 1799. Some time during the 1830s, [[Lafont d'Aussonne]] interviewed Rosalie. She would tell him about the imprisonment and last days of Marie Antoinette.<ref>Yalom, Marilyn (1997), ''Blodsystrar: kvinnors hågkomster av franska revolutionen, Rabén Prisma'': Stockholm</ref> On 2 February 1848, at the age of 79, Rosalie died, and was buried at the [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]] in [[Paris]], [[France]]. Before her death, Rosalie gave birth to a daughter named Marie Rosalie de Lamorlière. She would be born in 1801 and would die in 1895. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1768 births]] [[Category:1848 deaths]]