Zénaïde Fleuriot

and Anna Edianez de L. Zénaïde Fleuriot was born in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany to a devoutly Catholic and Royalist family, faithful to the Bourbons.

Her father, Jean-Marie, having lost his mother as a child, was brought up by his uncle, a priest, who was shot by the Revolutionaries in Brest in 1794 for refusing to sign the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

Between 1849 and 1860, she worked as governess to the children of the Guillotou family in Kerever, staying in Saint-Brieuc during the winter and in Château-Billy, Ploufragan, during the summer.

In the spring of 1872, Fleuriot visited her deceased brother’s children and their mother at the seaside town of Locmariaquer.

She fell in love with this little port, acquiring a large estate in 1873 with a magnificent view over the Gulf of Morbihan.

After her death in Paris, her body was transported by train from Gare Montparnasse back to Brittany to be buried in the cemetery of Locmariaquer as she had requested.

Her background gave her a deep respect for traditional Christian and family values, which infused her work.