 Her father was a servant to the king's brothers and her mother was a chamber maid at the royal palace of Versailles.She was regarded to have a physical resemblance to the king and to his daughter Marie Thérèse of France, and there have been unconfirmed speculations that she was the illegitimate daughter of Louis XVI of France.She was chosen by the queen to be the playmate and daily companion of Princess Marie Thérèse, and was always in her company from their early childhood onward.