Madame de Saint-Laurent

Madame de Saint-Laurent
Julie de Montgenêt de Saint-Laurent, 1800
Born	Alphonsine-Thérèse-Bernardine-Julie de Montgenêt de Saint-Laurent 30 September 1760 Besançon, France
Died	8 August 1830(1830-08-08) (aged 69) Paris, France
Burial place	Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Other names	Julie de Saint-Laurent Thérèse-Bernardine Montgenêt
Known for	Mistress of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Spouse(s)	Baron de Fortisson
Partner(s)	Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Parent(s)	Jean-Claude Mongenêt Jeanne-Claude Pussot

Madame Alphonsine-Thérèse-Bernardine-Julie de Montgenêt de Saint-Laurent (30 September 1760 in Besançon, France - 8 August 1830 in Paris) was the wife of Baron de Fortisson, a colonel in the French service, and the mistress of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn.

Madame de Saint-Laurent was born 30 September 1760 in Besançon, France to Jean-Claude Mongenêt, a civil engineer, and Jeanne-Claude (Claudine) Pussot and later moved to Quebec.

On the formation of Lower Canada, in August, 1791, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn arrived in Quebec City and shortly afterwards leased Judge Mabane's house for £90 per annum. He lived at the Duke of Kent House, Quebec for three years with Madame de Saint Laurent, before he was posted to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1794.

While in Geneva, the Duke had been introduced to the de Fortissons and soon after Julie and Edward became lovers. The Duke's father, King George III, enrolled Edward in the army and had him posted to Gibraltar, where Edward made arrangements for her to be smuggled so they could be together. George III later found out about the affair and so sent the Duke to Quebec City as colonel of the 7th Fusiliers. Humiliated, at first he refused to go, but in August 1791 he arrived accompanied by his , introduced as Julie de Saint-Laurent and reputed to be a widow. It has been claimed by several writers that she was morganatically married to the Duke of Kent at a Roman Catholic church in Quebec.