Laure-Auguste de Fitz-James

Laure Auguste de Fitz-James, Princesse de Chimey (7 December 1744 – 26 September 1814) was a French courtier. She served as lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette from 1770 to 1791.

Early life Laure-Auguste de Fitz-James was born in Paris as the daughter of Charles de Fitz-James, duc de Fitz-James, and Louise Victoire Sophie Goyons Matignon.

On the outbreak of the French Revolution, she belonged to the courtiers accompanying the royal family from Versailles to Paris after the Women's March on Versailles in October 1789. Described as "extremely unpopular", she left France in early 1791 during a flood of nobles emigrating after the departure of the Mesdames de France. After this, her office was given to Madame d'Ossun.

Personal life In 1762, she married Philippe Gabriel de Hénin-Liétard, prince de Chimay. She thus became the sister-in-law of Charles-Joseph de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace.

She spent the following years in Germany and the Austrian Netherlands. She eventually returned to France and died in Paris.