Eugénie Pétain
Eugénie Pétain (née Hardon; 5 October 1877 – 30 January 1962) was the wife of the French military commander and political leader Philippe Pétain who ruled Vichy France between 1940 and 1944.
Eugénie Pétain | |
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Pétain between 1941 and 1944 | |
| Born | Alphonsine Berthe Eugénie Hardon 5 October 1877 |
| Died | 30 January 1962 (aged 84) Paris, France |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Pierre de Hérain |
Pétain was her second husband. She had previously been married to François de Hérain, a doctor who later became an artist. Under pressure from her family, she had initially rejected a marriage proposal from Pétain and instead wed de Hérain, but this marriage ended in divorce by 1914.[1] Her son from her first marriage, Pierre de Hérain, became a film director.
She married Pétain on 14 September 1920. He was reported to have been at a hotel with her the night he was appointed to take command at the Battle of Verdun in 1916.[2]
References
- Atkin
- Buckingham
Bibliography
- Atkin, Nicolas. Petain. Routledge, 2014; ISBN 978-0582070370
- Buckingham, William F. Verdun 1916: The Deadliest Battle of the First World War. Amberley 2016.
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