Marie Louise Angélique Aimée Caroillon des Tillières was born in 1797, only daughter of the wealthy entrepreneur Claude Caroillon Destillières and his wife, Françoise Aimée Magallon d'Amirail.

Her father was from a rich family, ennobled in 1786, who made his fortune during and after the revolution through real estate transactions.

[1][a] Claude Caroillon-Destillières died in May 1814 and Aimée Carvillon Destillères inherited his immense fortune.

They decorated her Parisian hôtel at 8 Rue Basse du Rempart in neo-gothic style.

[citation needed] She also ordered beautiful neo-gothic furniture from Jacob Desmalter.