Thérèse De Moëlien
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Thérèse de Moëlien (1759–1793) was a French counter-revolutionary and agent during the French Revolution. She was the cousin of the counter revolutionary
Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouërie Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouërie (13 April 1751 – 30 January 1793) was a French army officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. He was promoted to brigadier general after the siege of Yorktown and led Chouan rebels durin ...
. She was a member and financier of the counter-revolutionary organisation ''Association Bretonne'' and active in gaining supporters for it. After the arrest of Tuffin she was arrested and executed by guillotine.


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* Geoffroy Dauvergne, Les Amazones de la Chouannerie, fresque peinte dans le réfectoire du Collège Théophile Briant à Tinténiac, 1955. {{DEFAULTSORT:de Moelien, Therese 1759 births 1793 deaths French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution Women in 18th-century warfare Women in war in France