| ca. 1715 |
Born, Auvergne, France, daughter of Jacques de la Chaise, director general of the Company of the Indies in Louisiana, and Marguerite Cailly. |
| 1724 |
Accompanied her father and mother to New Orleans in 1724. |
| 1730 March |
Married Jean Charles de Pradel. Children: Alexandrine (b. 1731, in France), Charles, Jeanne-Henriette, and Marie Louise. |
| 1749 |
The two eldest daughters were sent to be educated at the Ursuline Convent al Quimperle, France. Marie Louise joined them in 1753. |
| 1743-1753 |
With her husband Alexandrine helped make their plantation, Monplaisir, the center of social life in New Orleans. Close personal friend of Governor Vaudreuil and his wife. |
| 1761 |
Her eldest daughter Alexandrine dies in France. |
| 1764 January 13 |
Son Charles died en route from Saint-Domingue. |
| 1764 |
Severe financial problems brought on by the Seven Years' War and reckless spending by their children in France, hastened her husband's death in 1764. Following her husband's death, she took over management of Monplaisir. |