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]