Family
See also: Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette and Adrienne de La Fayette Family TreeShe was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Paulin d'Aguesseau de Fresne, Count of Compans and of Maligny, who married, on 29 February 1736, Anne Louise Françoise du Pré, Dame of la Grange-Bleneau, daughter of Louis Francis du Pré, Lord of La Grange-Bleneau, and Anne Louise Robert de Septeuil.
Her father was successively adviser to the Parliament, Commissioner of the Second Chamber of the Palais Queries, Master of Requests, State Councilor regular in 1734, Dean's Council, and Provost Master of Ceremonies of the Order of the Holy Spirit. Her mother died the day after she was born, on 13 February 1737.
Her paternal grandfather Henri François d'Aguesseau (November 27, 1668 – February 5, 1751) was Chancellor of France three times between 1717 and 1750.
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