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Marguerite Lebrun | |
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Spouse of the President of France | |
In role 10 May 1932 – 11 July 1940 | |
President | Albert Lebrun |
Preceded by | Blanche Doumer |
Succeeded by | Michelle Auriol (1947) |
Personal details | |
Born | Jeanne Emilie Marguerite Nivoit October 12, 1878 Mézières, Ardennes, France |
Died | October 25, 1947 Paris, France | (aged 69)
Spouse | |
Marguerite Jeanne Emilie Marguerite Lebrun (née Nivoit; October 12, 1878 - October 25, 1947) was the wife of Albert Lebrun, who was President of France from 1932 to 1940.
Together Lebrun and her husband had two children: son Jean Lebrun and daughter Marie Lebrun.[1] Jean Lebrun married Bernadette Marin, the daughter of a retired army captain, in the town hall in Rambouillet, France, on 17 October 1932.[2]
She was the "godmother" of the legendary ocean liner SS Normandie and the ship Paul Doumer, named for the previous French president.[3]