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Bordereau, Renée (Langevin)

Renée Bordereau, dite Langevin

Born

4 June 1766

Died

20 July 1822

A peasant woman of Anjou, one of twelve children, Renée Bordereau bought a musket and practised with it until she rarely missed, then put on men’s clothes in 1793 and joined the insurgents of her parish, taking her brother’s name and afterwards the name Langevin, by which she was known. She served in the cavalry of the Catholic and Royal Army through the campaigns of 1793 and the march into Normandy, was wounded three times, led a small mounted band after Savenay and fought again in 1799. The marquise de La Rochejaquelein saw her at Cholet and republican generals reported her by name. Arrested in 1809 and held at the Mont-Saint-Michel until 1814, she dictated a narrative of her life that was published that year. She died at Yzernay in 1822.

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