Le Hon-Mosselman, Fanny |
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BORN 28 May 1808, Paris - DIED 2 Mar 1880, Paris BIRTH NAME Mosselman, Françoise Zoé Mathilde GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 30, ligne 03, numéro 37) |
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Fanny Mosselman was the daughter of the rich Belgian banker and industrialist François Dominique Mosselman (1754-1840). Her mother was Marie Louise, born Tacqué. When she was nineteen old she married the lawyer Charles Le Hon, who was 35 years old and had been involved in the establishment of the monarchy in Belgium. He represented King Leopld I in Paris. They had two children in 1828 and 1832. Her husband left her free in her movements and she probably had several lovers before she met Charles de Morny in 1833, the natural son of General de Flahaut. He visited an reception at the Belgian Embassy and it was love at first sight. They started a love affair that would last for 25 years. In 1838 they had a daughter, Louise, who was registered as the child of Le Hon. Morny had affairs with other women, but he always returned to her until he suddenly married the Russian princess Sophie Troubetskoï in 1857. This put an end to the affair with Fanny. Related persons • was the lover of Morny, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, Duc de • was visited by Thiers, Adolphe |
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 The mausoleum of Fanny Le Hon-Mosselman and Hippolyte Leopold Mosselman at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (03 Nov 2022) |
Sources • Bierman, John, Napoleon III and his Carnival Empire, Sphere Books, London, 1990 • Fanny Mosselman - Wikipédia (FR) |
