Daughter of Joseph Lufroy Trahan and Julie Ardoin.
Claude Vincent de Ternant inherited the house upon his father's death in 1818. Claude's first wife died in 1835; and he married this Louisiana girl, Marie-Virginie Trahan in the St. Martin de Tours Church, St. Martinville, Louisiana, on 9 September 1835.
BIOGRAPHY: Marie Virginie de Ternant, née Trahan (August 16, 1818- November 7, 1887), was the owner and manager of the Parlange Plantation , near New Roads , Pointe Coupee Parish , Louisiana . It was through her strong personality, diplomacy and charm that she saved the house from destruction throughout its occupation by both the Union and Confederate armies during the American Civil War .
She was the second wife of Claude Vincent de Ternant, 2nd Marquis of Dansville-sur-Meuse, whose father, the first Marquis, had built the plantation home in 1750 on the property obtained by a French land grant. She had three surviving children from this marriage. Through Marie Virginie, her eldest daughter, she was the grandmother of the celebrated Parisian socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau , who was the subject of John Singer Sargent 's painting "Portrait of Madame X".
Her second husband was Colonel Charles Parlange from whom her home derived its name. By him she had one son, Charles Parlange .
As the Union Army led by General Nathaniel Banks was approaching Parlange, Virginie, by that time a widow and the manager of the plantation , ordered her slaves to bury three chests of treasure estimated at between one third and a half million dollars in gold and silver coins.[1] One of these chests has never been found.
Virginie, who was responsible for Parlange's reputation for elegance by her addition of rich, beautiful furnishings and portraits, is described as "the chief personality for Parlange Plantation's greatness".[2]
Her life size portrait by Claude-Marie Dubufe still dominates the grand salon. Paintings of her children hang in corners of the salon to give the room the illusion of being circular in the nineteen century French manner.
Attakapas Gazette, Summer 1988, Article titled the MISTRESS OF PARLANGE. Page 64-74. Born in St. Martin Parish, the part that became Lafayette Parish on January 17, 1823. Married in St. Martin de Tours Church, St Martinville, La.
FAMILY DATA: Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Marie Virginie Trahan
Spouse: Charles Parlange
Parents: Joseph Lufroy Trahan , Julie Ardoin
Birth Place: St Martinville, LA
Birth Date: 16 August 1818
Marriage Place: Paris
Marriage Date: 1834 (This is most likely incorrect)
Death Date: 7 November 1887
One of her granddaughters, Virginie Avegno Gautreaux was painted by John Singer Sargent.
She is the scandalous "Madame X" Two books have been written about her: "I am Madame X" , a novel by Gioia Diliberto and "Strapless', a biography by Deborah Davis.
Today the New Orleans Creole beauty greets her public as the most favorite painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Claude Vincent de Ternant inherited the house upon his father's death in 1818. Claude's first wife died in 1835; and he married this Louisiana girl, Marie-Virginie Trahan in the St. Martin de Tours Church, St. Martinville, Louisiana, on 9 September 1835.
BIOGRAPHY: Marie Virginie de Ternant, née Trahan (August 16, 1818- November 7, 1887), was the owner and manager of the Parlange Plantation , near New Roads , Pointe Coupee Parish , Louisiana . It was through her strong personality, diplomacy and charm that she saved the house from destruction throughout its occupation by both the Union and Confederate armies during the American Civil War .
She was the second wife of Claude Vincent de Ternant, 2nd Marquis of Dansville-sur-Meuse, whose father, the first Marquis, had built the plantation home in 1750 on the property obtained by a French land grant. She had three surviving children from this marriage. Through Marie Virginie, her eldest daughter, she was the grandmother of the celebrated Parisian socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau , who was the subject of John Singer Sargent 's painting "Portrait of Madame X".
Her second husband was Colonel Charles Parlange from whom her home derived its name. By him she had one son, Charles Parlange .
As the Union Army led by General Nathaniel Banks was approaching Parlange, Virginie, by that time a widow and the manager of the plantation , ordered her slaves to bury three chests of treasure estimated at between one third and a half million dollars in gold and silver coins.[1] One of these chests has never been found.
Virginie, who was responsible for Parlange's reputation for elegance by her addition of rich, beautiful furnishings and portraits, is described as "the chief personality for Parlange Plantation's greatness".[2]
Her life size portrait by Claude-Marie Dubufe still dominates the grand salon. Paintings of her children hang in corners of the salon to give the room the illusion of being circular in the nineteen century French manner.
Attakapas Gazette, Summer 1988, Article titled the MISTRESS OF PARLANGE. Page 64-74. Born in St. Martin Parish, the part that became Lafayette Parish on January 17, 1823. Married in St. Martin de Tours Church, St Martinville, La.
FAMILY DATA: Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Marie Virginie Trahan
Spouse: Charles Parlange
Parents: Joseph Lufroy Trahan , Julie Ardoin
Birth Place: St Martinville, LA
Birth Date: 16 August 1818
Marriage Place: Paris
Marriage Date: 1834 (This is most likely incorrect)
Death Date: 7 November 1887
One of her granddaughters, Virginie Avegno Gautreaux was painted by John Singer Sargent.
She is the scandalous "Madame X" Two books have been written about her: "I am Madame X" , a novel by Gioia Diliberto and "Strapless', a biography by Deborah Davis.
Today the New Orleans Creole beauty greets her public as the most favorite painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Daughter of Joseph Lufroy Trahan and Julie Ardoin.
Claude Vincent de Ternant inherited the house upon his father's death in 1818. Claude's first wife died in 1835; and he married this Louisiana girl, Marie-Virginie Trahan in the St. Martin de Tours Church, St. Martinville, Louisiana, on 9 September 1835.
BIOGRAPHY: Marie Virginie de Ternant, née Trahan (August 16, 1818- November 7, 1887), was the owner and manager of the Parlange Plantation , near New Roads , Pointe Coupee Parish , Louisiana . It was through her strong personality, diplomacy and charm that she saved the house from destruction throughout its occupation by both the Union and Confederate armies during the American Civil War .
She was the second wife of Claude Vincent de Ternant, 2nd Marquis of Dansville-sur-Meuse, whose father, the first Marquis, had built the plantation home in 1750 on the property obtained by a French land grant. She had three surviving children from this marriage. Through Marie Virginie, her eldest daughter, she was the grandmother of the celebrated Parisian socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau , who was the subject of John Singer Sargent 's painting "Portrait of Madame X".
Her second husband was Colonel Charles Parlange from whom her home derived its name. By him she had one son, Charles Parlange .
As the Union Army led by General Nathaniel Banks was approaching Parlange, Virginie, by that time a widow and the manager of the plantation , ordered her slaves to bury three chests of treasure estimated at between one third and a half million dollars in gold and silver coins.[1] One of these chests has never been found.
Virginie, who was responsible for Parlange's reputation for elegance by her addition of rich, beautiful furnishings and portraits, is described as "the chief personality for Parlange Plantation's greatness".[2]
Her life size portrait by Claude-Marie Dubufe still dominates the grand salon. Paintings of her children hang in corners of the salon to give the room the illusion of being circular in the nineteen century French manner.
Attakapas Gazette, Summer 1988, Article titled the MISTRESS OF PARLANGE. Page 64-74. Born in St. Martin Parish, the part that became Lafayette Parish on January 17, 1823. Married in St. Martin de Tours Church, St Martinville, La.
FAMILY DATA: Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Marie Virginie Trahan
Spouse: Charles Parlange
Parents: Joseph Lufroy Trahan , Julie Ardoin
Birth Place: St Martinville, LA
Birth Date: 16 August 1818
Marriage Place: Paris
Marriage Date: 1834 (This is most likely incorrect)
Death Date: 7 November 1887
One of her granddaughters, Virginie Avegno Gautreaux was painted by John Singer Sargent.
She is the scandalous "Madame X" Two books have been written about her: "I am Madame X" , a novel by Gioia Diliberto and "Strapless', a biography by Deborah Davis.
Today the New Orleans Creole beauty greets her public as the most favorite painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Claude Vincent de Ternant inherited the house upon his father's death in 1818. Claude's first wife died in 1835; and he married this Louisiana girl, Marie-Virginie Trahan in the St. Martin de Tours Church, St. Martinville, Louisiana, on 9 September 1835.
BIOGRAPHY: Marie Virginie de Ternant, née Trahan (August 16, 1818- November 7, 1887), was the owner and manager of the Parlange Plantation , near New Roads , Pointe Coupee Parish , Louisiana . It was through her strong personality, diplomacy and charm that she saved the house from destruction throughout its occupation by both the Union and Confederate armies during the American Civil War .
She was the second wife of Claude Vincent de Ternant, 2nd Marquis of Dansville-sur-Meuse, whose father, the first Marquis, had built the plantation home in 1750 on the property obtained by a French land grant. She had three surviving children from this marriage. Through Marie Virginie, her eldest daughter, she was the grandmother of the celebrated Parisian socialite, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau , who was the subject of John Singer Sargent 's painting "Portrait of Madame X".
Her second husband was Colonel Charles Parlange from whom her home derived its name. By him she had one son, Charles Parlange .
As the Union Army led by General Nathaniel Banks was approaching Parlange, Virginie, by that time a widow and the manager of the plantation , ordered her slaves to bury three chests of treasure estimated at between one third and a half million dollars in gold and silver coins.[1] One of these chests has never been found.
Virginie, who was responsible for Parlange's reputation for elegance by her addition of rich, beautiful furnishings and portraits, is described as "the chief personality for Parlange Plantation's greatness".[2]
Her life size portrait by Claude-Marie Dubufe still dominates the grand salon. Paintings of her children hang in corners of the salon to give the room the illusion of being circular in the nineteen century French manner.
Attakapas Gazette, Summer 1988, Article titled the MISTRESS OF PARLANGE. Page 64-74. Born in St. Martin Parish, the part that became Lafayette Parish on January 17, 1823. Married in St. Martin de Tours Church, St Martinville, La.
FAMILY DATA: Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Marie Virginie Trahan
Spouse: Charles Parlange
Parents: Joseph Lufroy Trahan , Julie Ardoin
Birth Place: St Martinville, LA
Birth Date: 16 August 1818
Marriage Place: Paris
Marriage Date: 1834 (This is most likely incorrect)
Death Date: 7 November 1887
One of her granddaughters, Virginie Avegno Gautreaux was painted by John Singer Sargent.
She is the scandalous "Madame X" Two books have been written about her: "I am Madame X" , a novel by Gioia Diliberto and "Strapless', a biography by Deborah Davis.
Today the New Orleans Creole beauty greets her public as the most favorite painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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