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Nicholas de la Motte (Bar-sur-Aube 29 July 1755 – Paris 6 November 1831) born Marc Antoine-Nicolas de la Motte was an 18th-century French adventurer known for his part as a swindler in the affair of the diamond necklace. He was also the husband of Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Remy whom he married on 6 June 1780. He claimed to be a nobleman and gave himself the title of Comte (Count). However his claim to nobility was dubious.