 In 1903 she founded the first union of farming women at Ermeton-sur-Biert, leading to the establishment of the Cercle de Fermières at Namur in 1909.At the beginning of the First World War she ran a dressing station at her castle, until it was requisitioned by the Germans.She died at Ermeton-sur-Biert (Namur) on 8 January 1925.