Marie Louise Angélique Aimée Caroillon des Tillières was born in 1797, only daughter of the wealthy entrepreneur Claude Caroillon Destillières and his wife, Françoise Aimée Magallon d'Amirail.
Claude Caroillon-Destillières died in May 1814 and Aimée Carvillon Destillères inherited his immense fortune.