Marie Felicité de St. Maxent

1755 - 1800  (44 years)

• Name	Marie Felicité de St. Maxent
  Born	27 Dec 1755	New Orleans, Louisiana   [1, 2]
  Christened	11 Jan 1756	St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1800	Madrid, Spain
  Person ID	I1189	Stewart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2008

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent,   b. 1724, Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France ,   d. 8 Aug 1794, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth de La Roche,   b. 1734, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 9 Feb 1809, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Documents		The Family Gilbert Antoine de Saint Maxent and Elizabeth LaRoche (PDF file) Family of Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent (pdf file)
  Family ID	F651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jean Baptiste Honoré Destrehan de Beaupre,   b. 09 Oct 1749,   d. 05 Jun 1775  (Age 25 years)
  Married	Abt 1772	St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana   [3]
  Notes	1 issue, Adelaide Married: Document #1741 in box 5: Jean Baptiste Honore Destrehan called de Beaupre Died June 5, 1775, at St. Louis Parochial and after his death there was no inventory of his property, left sole heirs his daughter, who was not even baptized as proposed name Marie Elizabeth Faustina Adelaid Destrehan, daughter of this union with Marie Felicite de St. Maxent. Deceased Husband of Marie Felicite de St. Maxent.
  Children	+ 1. Marie Elizabeth Faustina Adelaide Destrehan,   b. 6 Sep 1774, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 17 May 1802, Paris, France  (Age 27 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2007
  Family ID	F374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Bernard Vincent de Galvez,   b. 23 Jul 1746, Macharaviaya, Málaga, Spain ,   d. 30 Nov 1786, Mexico City, Mexico  (Age 40 years)
  Married	02 Nov 1777	St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana   [4]
  Children	1. Maria Matilde de Galvez,   b. 9 Jan 1777, New Orleans, Louisiana ,   d. 11 May 1786  (Age 9 years)  [Birth]   2. Miguel de Galvez,   b. 1782, Cap-Haitien, Hispaniola ,   d. circa 1850, Paris, France  (Age 68 years)  [Birth]   3. Guadalupe de Galvez,   b. Aft 1782, Mexico City, Mexico ,   d. Spain
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2008
  Family ID	F628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Dec 1755 - New Orleans, Louisiana Christened - 11 Jan 1756 - St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana Married - Abt 1772 - St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana Married - 02 Nov 1777 - St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana Died - 1800 - Madrid, Spain  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		French Ancestors of Felicite de St. Maxent (1 of 4) Article published about the family of Felicite de St. Maxent, reprinted in the New Orleans Genesis, September 1968, Volume 15, Number 68 Originally printed in the Revue de Louisiana in the Summer of 1977, by Eric Beerman
  		French Ancestors of Felicite de St. Maxent (2 of 4) Article published about the family of Felicite de St. Maxent, reprinted in the New Orleans Genesis, September 1968, Volume 15, Number 68 Originally printed in the Revue de Louisiana in the Summer of 1977, by Eric Beerman
  		French Ancestors of Felicite de St. Maxent (3 of 4) Article published about the family of Felicite de St. Maxent, reprinted in the New Orleans Genesis, September 1968, Volume 15, Number 68 Originally printed in the Revue de Louisiana in the Summer of 1977, by Eric Beerman
  		French Ancestors of Felicite de St. Maxent (4 of 4) Article published about the family of Felicite de St. Maxent, reprinted in the New Orleans Genesis, September 1968, Volume 15, Number 68 Originally printed in the Revue de Louisiana in the Summer of 1977, by Eric Beerman

  
  

• Notes

  Marie Felicite relocated to Madrid, Spain after Don Bernardo's death in 1786. Her titles included Viscountess of Galvez-town, Countess of Glavez, former 'Virreina' of New Spain and 'Gobernora' of Louisiana. She was expelled from Spain from 1790 to 1792 for what was considered subversive activity - not nice words about the queen. Marie Felicite was the godmother of Bernard Phillipe de Marigny de Mandeville, a renowned colorful playboy of New Orleans. [5] ST. MAXENT, Marie Félicité (Felicítas), viscountess of Gálvez-Town, countess of Gálvez. Born, New Orleans, December 27, 1755; daughter of Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent (q.v.), prominent New Orleans merchant, and Elizabeth La Roche. Member of one of Louisiana's most illustrious families. Three of her sisters gained prominence through marriage. Her eldest sister, Marie Elizabeth (Isabel) married Luis de Unzaga (q.v.), governor of Louisiana and captain-general of Cuba. Younger sisters Victoire (Victoria) married Juan Antonio de Riaño (q.v.), intendant of Guananjuato, and Antoinette Marie (María Ana) married Manuel de Flon (q.v.), condé de La Cadena, intendant of Puebla. Félicité was first married to Jean-Baptiste Honoré Destréhan, son of the former French treasurer in the colony. Their only child, Adélaïde, married Benito Pardo de Figeroa, who later served as the Spanish minister in St. Petersburg in 1812. Following Destréhan's death, and that of his father, she became an extremely wealthy widow. On November 2, 1777, she married Bernardo de Gálvez (q.v.), newly appointed governor of Louisiana. Three children: Matilda (b. 1778 in New Orleans); Miguel (b. 1782 in Haiti); and Guadalupe (b. 1786 in Mexico City). She followed her husband first to Cuba and later on to Mexico City in 1785, when he became viceroy of New Spain. She became a condesa when Gálvez was raised to the peerage on March 28, 1783. Contemporary Mexican sources describe her as beautiful, cultured, and charming. Following the death of her husband on November 30, 1786, she moved to Madrid and was joined there by her mother, and her widowed sister Isabel. At one of the many tertulias she gave in Madrid certain uncomplimentary things were said about the queen which may have contributed to Félicité's exile from Madrid between 1790 and 1793. Died in Madrid, ca. 1800. B.C. Sources: Eric Beerman, "The French Ancestors of Félicité de St. Maxent," Revue de Louisiane/Louisiana Review, VI (1977); María del Carmen Galbis Diez, "Bernardo de Gálvez," in Virreyes de Nueva España (1968); John Walton Caughey, Bernardo de Gálvez in Louisiana, 1776-1783 (1934); James J. Coleman, Jr., Gilbert Antoine de St. Maxent (1968). Source: http://lahistory.org/site36.php East Feliciana and West Feliciana Parishes are named after her. Born: Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/e/l/Donald-R-Keller/PDFFGS5.pdf Also Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Antoine_de_St._Maxent

  
  

• Sources

  [S55] Family St. Maxent-LaRoche, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Antoine_de_St._Maxent, 3. [S3] Archdiocese of N.O. Sacr. Rec. v02 (1751-1771), Earl C. Woods, (New Orleans, La. : Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987), F379 .N553 W66 1987 REF V.2., 201 (Reliability: 3). Marie Felicite (Antoine Gilbert, merchant, and Marie Elizabeth LAROCHE), Baptized: Jan. 11, 1756 Born: Dec. 27, 1755 Sponsors: Jacque CHENIER, merchant, and Marie COLLON [@COLON] (SLC, B3, 51) [S5] Archdiocese of N.O. Sacr. Rec. v04 (1784-1790), Earl C. Woods, (New Orleans, La. : Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987), F379 .N553 W66 1987 REF V.4., 96 (Reliability: 3). Juan Bautista Honorato (Pompe and Cathalina DESTREHAN), native of this city, married Maria Felicite [omitted], Jun. 7, 1789, witnesses: Antonio XIMENEZ, Vincente LLORCA, CALANDRO (SLC, M3, 7) [S4] Archdiocese of N.O. Sacr. Rec. v03 (1772-1783), Earl C. Woods, (New Orleans, La. : Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987), F379 .N553 W66 1987 REF V.3., 206 (Reliability: 3). Feliciana (Antonio Gilberto, militia commandant of Louisiana, and Elisabet LA ROCHE), widow of Juan Bautista Honorato DETHREAN, married Bernardo DE GALVEZ Nov. 2, 1777 (SLC, M4, 15) [S55] Family St. Maxent-LaRoche, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Antoine_de_St._Maxent, 4.