Urne Funeraire

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Maurille de Sombreuil, also referred to as Marie-Maurille de Sombreuil or Mademoiselle de Sombreuil (1767 – 15 May 1823), was a French comtesse and daughter of Charles François de Virot de Sombreuil. Sombreuil and her father were imprisoned at Prison de l'Abbaye during the September Massacres in 1792, and her father was almost executed by the crowd. According to legend, Sombreuil made a deal with the septembriseurs to drink a glass of blood in exchange for her father's life. Other versions of the story say that she merely drank a glass of wine stained with blood. Still, she became known as the "l'héroïne au verre de sang" or "the heroine of the glass of blood", and the legend of her bravery inspired poetry and art. During the Reign of Terror in 1794, Sombreuil's father and brother Stanislas were arrested. Accused of counter-revolutionary activity, they were convicted alongside 47 other defendants and guillotined while being made to wear the "robe rouge", or red robe, of "assassins". Without the support of her family, Sombreuil struggled financially and ultimately had to sell her family's château. She married her cousin Count Charles de Villelume, an émigré, and lived in exile in England and Germany until they were eventually able to return to France. After she died, her heart was transferred to the Musée de l'Armée in Les Invalides and displayed in a funeral urn.

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Article title : Maurille de Sombreuil
"l'Armée. "Les femmes à travers les collections du musée de l'Armée : Urne funéraire de Maurille de Sombreuil". www.musee-armee.fr (in French). Retrieved..."
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