Marie Louise Angélique Aimée Caroillon des Tillières was born in 1797, only daughter of the wealthy entrepreneur Claude Caroillon Destillières and his wife, Françoise Aimée Magallon d"Amirail. Her father was from a rich family, ennobled in 1786, who made his fortune during and after the revolution through real estate transactions.
Since she was only seventeen, a minor, her family chose her maternal grandparents as guardians.
Claude Caroillon-Destillières died in May 1814 and Aimée Carvillon Destillères inherited his immense fortune. This was the subject of lawsuits, not resolved until 22 November 1816. She sold the Château du Raincy to Napoleon, but kept the Château de Pontchartrain.
Although not beautiful, she was courted by many men for her wealth.
