According to a rumor relayed by Saint Simon in his memoirs, she could be the illegitimate daughter of Marie Thérèse and Augustin/Nabo, a black dwarf presented to her by François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort on behalf of the King of Dahomey.
According to a rumor relayed by Saint Simon in his memoirs, she could be the illegitimate daughter of Maria Theresa of Spain (the wife of Louis XIV of France). Her father would have been Augustin/Nabo, a gift to the queen by François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort on behalf of the King of Dahomey.