vˈɪlɪpɹˌuːpˈaʊɚ wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn dʒjˈuːɪlˌæk, kˈɔɹɛz, ˌɔn sɛptˈɛmbɚ twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ ɔːɹ twˈɛnti fˈɪfθ, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ, ðɪ ˈɛldɪst tʃˈaɪld əvə ʃˈuːmeɪkɚ ænd ɐ sˈiːmstɹəs.
Villepreux-Power was born in Juillac, Corrèze, on September 24 or 25th, 1794, the eldest child of a shoemaker and a seamstress.