Before the French Revolution Agathe de Rambaud

the duke of normandy, becomes dauphin, @ death of elder brother louis-joseph, dauphin of france.

rambaud born daughter of louis melchior mottet, haut commissaire of french colonies, , of jeanne agathe le proux de la rivière, daughter of first commissioner of french navy . granddaughter of baron claude nicolas louis mottet de la motte, officer of royal fox hunt, , niece of baron benoît mottet de la fontaine, last french governor of pondicherry. related pierre-jean-baptiste chaussard. given courtesy title of countess of ribécourt.

she married andré rambaud, member of bourgeoisie of marseille, captain , knight of order of saint louis, on 7 march 1785, in versailles, @ church of saint louis. witnesses of bride french admiral pierre andré de suffren , louis thomas villaret de joyeuse. marriage made sister-in-law of georges-rené pléville le pelley, future admiral , minister of french first republic.

auguste de rambaud, first child, born on 11 january 1786 , baptized following day @ saint-louis parish of versailles. godfather uncle georges-rené pléville le pelley, captain of french royal navy, future admiral , minister of navy , colonies under directoire. when madeleine célinie de rambaud born @ versailles on 29 july 1787, father no longer living family, had been named commander of 3 forts , governor of kingdom of galam, company of senegal. in 1789, killed @ fort saint-joseph de galam.

in 1785, agathe de rambaud chosen queen marie antoinette berceuse des enfants de france, official nurse, of second son louis-charles, duke of normandy, became dauphin @ death of elder brother louis-joseph, dauphin of france in 1789. of relationship louis-charles, alain decaux wrote:

madame de rambaud officially in charge of care of dauphin day of birth until 10 august 1792, in other words 7 years. during these 7 years, never left him, cradled him, took care of him, dressed him, comforted him, scolded him. ten times, hundred times, more marie antoinette, true mother him.