French soldier, Marie-Thérèse Figueur (1774 – 1861) , nicknamed Sans-Gêne for her audacity and outspokenness, participated in many campaigns and battles. Young orphan Daughter of Claudine Viard and François Figueur, a miller, Marie-Thérèse Figueur was born on January 17, 1774 in Talmay, Burgundy