Pierrete Guillemette

Pierrette Guillemette was a French noblewoman who killed her husband and took his place as a knight; as a man, Pierrette took on the name Pierre. When her true identity was discovered by her superiors, she was condemned to execution. However, a shadowy figure rescued her from the gallows, and in exchange for her freedom she become beholden to her rescuer as one of his many vampire children.