1896, the Marquise de Morès lived in both Paris and Cannes, France. During World War I, she turned her home into a hospital for wounded soldiers. She died at Cannes in 1921 of a leg injury she received while working as a nurse. The wound never fully healed. Others say she died of an infectious disease she acquired while touring India with her husband. This gave her bouts of illness throughout her life which eventually resulted in her death.Medora Vallambrosa, Marquise de Mores State Historical Society of North Dakota Legacy The town of Medora, North Dakota, founded in 1883, was named by the Marquis in her honor. The Marquis's meat packing plant failed and the town fell into a decline after the family left. However, the story of the Marquis de Mores and Medora are now featured in The Medora Musical held every summer in Medora, a major tourist town in the North Dakota Badlands. The 26-room clapboard-sided ranch house the Marquis built for his heiress wife, known as the "Chateau de Mores", has been restored, and tours of it are given. References External links Marquise de Mores (1862-1921), 1889 miniature portrait, at the New-York Historical Society Photo of Medora Vallambrosa, Marquise de Morès State Historical Society of North Dakota, Medora Vallambrosa, Marquise de Mores Antonio Areddu. Il marchesato di Mores. Le origini, il duca dell´Asinara, le lotte antifeudali, l´abolizione del feudo e le vicende del marquis de Morès, Condaghes, Cagliari 2011. Antonio Areddu, Vita e morte del marchese di Mores Antoine Manca (1858-1896), Cagliari, Condaghes, 2018 1856 births 1921 deaths Female wartime nurses People from Billings County, North Dakota American women in World War I American expatriates in France Female nurses in World War I 19th-century American women French marchionesses