Maria Johanna Elselina Versfelt, also known as Ida Saint-Elme, Elzelina av Aylde Jonghe, and by her pseudonym La Contemporaine (1776-1845), was a Dutch writer and stage actress, known for her adventurous life. Her parents were the vicar Gerrit Fresh Felt (1735-1781) and Alida de Jongh (1738-1828), and she was married around 1792-1796 to merchant Ringeling Claasz (1768-1801). She was known for her love affairs: in (1795-99), she had an affair with French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau

Jean Victor Marie Moreau

Jean Victor Marie Moreau was a French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte to power, but later became a rival and was banished to the United States.- Early life :Moreau was born at Morlaix in Brittany...

 (1763-1813), and in (1800-1815) with General Michel Ney

Michel Ney

Michel Ney , 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon I...

 (1769-1815).

She left the Netherlands after the French conquest in 1795 and followed her lovers on their military campaigns over Europe. From 1801, she worked as an actress in traveling theatres in France and Italy. In 1827, she published her memoirs Mémoires d'une Contemporaine (8 parts, 1827-1828), which made her famous.