 From the age of six years until she made her First Holy Communion, she attended the school of the Bernardines; she completed her edu¬cation with the Ursulines of Amiens.When Françoise was nineteen, she left Gézaincourt for Bourdon, as her parents wished her to make her debut into society.For several years she was one of the gayest members of the brilliant society of her time and was presented at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.