Anne Eugenie birthplace- Metz France

ANNE EUGENIE (1817) - was born into a wealthy family with aristocratic ancestors. Her father Jacques Milleret family owned 500 acres of woods, fields and streams in Mouselle region. He was a respected man of the business world and owned three banks and was chief tax collector of the area. Later he was elected Deputy of Mouselle region. Her mother Eleonore-Eugenie de Brou was the daughter of a family of aristocratic swordsmen with lands in Belgium and Luxembourg.

The Milleret children studied at home, reading both French and German books from their father's well stocked library. Jacques was a deist rather than Christian and Eleonore-Eugenie was more Christian by tradition than conviction.

They lived a comfortable life but also learned courage, self-control and a certain austerity.

The Milleret home in Metz where Anne Eugenie was born in 1817 . A chateau where the borders of France, Luxembourg and Germany can be viewed from its windows.

Jacques Milleret owned 500 acres of land, streams, chateaus in Preisch France where Anne Eugenie and brother Louie spent most of their childhood.

Metz: This water tower is an aspect of the extensive infrastructure development that took place during nearly five decades of German rule, when Lorraine became Lothringen, following the Franco-Prussian war

Saint Étienne de Metz (French for Saint Stephen of Metz), also known as Metz Cathedral) is a Gothic, Catholic The cathedral is sometime nicknamed the Good Lord's lantern (French: la lanterne du Bon Dieu) as it possesses the largest expanses of stained glass windows in the world with 6,500 m2 (70,000 sq ft).cathedral in the city of Metz, capital of Lorraine, France.

St. Etinne cathdrale before the 19th century restoration

Cathedrale St. Etienne in Metz

Mouselle region in France

Holster wax silver gilt with the arms of the family of Milleret. The holster is wax to receive a stick of sealing wax, it also serves as a seal.

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