Marguerite Lebrun Explained

Birth Name:Jeanne Emilie Marguerite Nivoit
Birth Date:12 October 1878
Birth Place:Mézières, Ardennes, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Term Start:10 May 1932
Term End:11 July 1940
President:Albert Lebrun
Office:Spouse of the President of France
Predecessor:Blanche Doumer
Term Label:In role

Marguerite Jeanne Emilie Marguerite Lebrun (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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Taylor. Edmund. France Gains A President And Loses A Premier. 16 July 2017. Chicago Tribune. 11 May 1932.
  2. News: Milestones, Oct. 17, 1932. 16 July 2017. Time. 17 October 1932.
  3. Book: Maxtone-Graham. John. Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner. 2007. W. W. Norton & Company. 9780393061208. 52.