Mlle de la Ferte - 1779 pastel, David-Weill collection Agathe Louise Marie de La Ferte, born in Paris 4 January 1767. She was declared the daughter of Paul de La Ferte and Louise-Henriette Helnaut, though she was actually the natural daughter of Omer Louis Francois Joly de Fleury and Jeanne Louise Catherine Voidet, baronne d'Estat.