Under the Consulate and the First Empire, she sheltered half a dozen nuns and three Carthusians in her Château de Tournebut in Eure, Normandy.

[1] Geneviève played an important role in the Norman Chouannerie movement as one of the leaders with Colonel François Robert d'Aché, a former naval officer, during the French Revolution and during the reign of Napoleon I.

[1] The attack was set up by the Chouan leader Armand-Victor Le Chevalier, lover of Caroline (Geneviève's youngest child) who participated in the preparations for the ambush.

[2] For her part, Geneviève helped transport funds after the attack and she was arrested on 20 August 1807, on orders from the prefect of Seine-inférieure Savoye-Rollin, and a zealous police officer, Pierre-François Réal.

[2] On 18 August 1814, the Lordship of Combray was established as a marquisate in her favor and shortly thereafter, she had the honor of being presented to King Louis XVIII and the reinstated royal family, on 5 September 1814.