Background
Jeanne Prie Agnes Berthelot De Pleneuf was born in 1698 in Paris. She was the daughter of a rich but unscrupulous father and an immoral mother.
Jeanne Prie Agnes Berthelot De Pleneuf was born in 1698 in Paris. She was the daughter of a rich but unscrupulous father and an immoral mother.
After her marriage at the age of fiften, she went with her husband to the court of Savoy at Turin, where he was ambassador
At the age of 21, she returned to France, and was soon the declared mistress of Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon.
During his ministry (1723–1725) she dominated the royal court. In 1725, her scheme to have Bourbon's rival Fleury exiled failed. After Fleury's recall and the banishment of Bourbon to Chantilly Mme de Prie was exiled to Courbepine, where she committed suicide the next year.
At the age of fifteen she was married to Louis, marquis de Prie. At the age of 21 she was the declared mistress of Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon.