 Sadly, Rosalie became a widow in 1788, after ten years of marriage with Louis but was allowed to remain in her own home because her late husband's office was passed onto her by the Queen.She lived there with her son who was eight years old at the time and her close friend Marguerite-Émilie Chalgrin, who was the daughter of the great artist Claude-Joseph Vernet.Madame de Bonneuil who was reputedly the most beautiful woman in Paris and later became a spy in the French Revolution was a good friend of Rosalie.