Marie-Thérèse Figueur
Marie-Thérèse Figueur | |
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Thérèse Figueur in her dragoon uniform | |
| Nickname | Mme Sans-Gêne |
| Born | January 17, 1774 |
| Died | January 16, 1861 (aged 86) Paris, hospice des Petits Ménages |
| Allegiance | French First Republic First French Empire |
| Service years | 1793–1800; 1803–1805; 1809/10–1814; 1815 |
| Unit | 8th Hussars Légion des Allobroges 15th Dragoons |
| Conflicts | |
| Awards | Médaille de Sainte-Hélène |
| Memorials | Plaque erected in 1907 at Talmay |
| Spouses | 1796: Henri Commarmot 1810: Charles Dovalle 1818: Clément Joseph Melchior Sutter |
Marie-Thérèse Figueur (Talmay, 17 January 1774 – Paris, hospice des Petits Ménages, 4 January 1861), known by the nom de guerre Sans-Gêne (literally "unconstrained"), was a French soldier who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Unlike some other female soldiers before the twentieth century, she did not disguise her gender when she enlisted, serving for twenty-two years under her own name in the French Revolutionary Army and the Grande Armée.