Germaine de Staël, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Germaine de Staël

Swiss author

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1766

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1817

Profession: writer, politician, salonnière, correspondent, literary critic, diarist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (French: [an lwiz ???m?n d? stal ?lstajn]; née Necker; 22 April 1766 – 14 July 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël ( d? STAHL, French: [madam d? stal]), was a French woman of letters and historian of Genevan origin whose lifetime overlapped with the events of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era.
For many years she lived as an exile under the Reign of Terror and under Napoleonic persecution.
Known as a witty and brilliant conversationalist, often dressed in flashy and revealing outfits, she participated actively in the political and intellectual life of her times.
She was present at the Estates General of 1789 and at the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
Her intellectual collaboration with Benjamin Constant between 1795 and 1811 made them one of the most celebrated intellectual couples of their time.
They discovered sooner than others the tyrannical character and designs of Napoleon.
In 1814 one of her contemporaries observed that "there are three great powers struggling against Napoleon for the soul of Europe: England, Russia, and Madame de Staël".
Her works, both novels and travel literature, with emphasis on passion, individuality and oppositional politics made their mark on European Romanticism.



Alternative names	François Pascal Simon Gérard
Description	French painter, aquarellist and illustrator
Date of birth/death	12 March 1770	11 January 1837
Location of birth/death	Rome	Paris
Work period	from 1782 until 1837 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1782-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1837-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Paris (1782-1790), Rome (1790-1792), Paris (1792-1837)
Authority control	: Q163543 VIAF: 46776048 ISNI: 0000 0001 0780 7200 ULAN: 500115453 LCCN: n85158403 NLA: 36550602 WorldCat

Marie-Éléonore Godefroid (1778–1849)
Alternative names	Marie Éléonore Godefroid; Marie Eleonore Godefroid; Marie Eléonore Godefroy; Maria Eleanore Godefroid; Maria Eleanore Godefroy; Marie-Eleonore Godefroid; Marie Eleonore Godefroy
Description	French portrait painter
Date of birth/death	20 June 1778	June 1849
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Authority control	: Q3292318 VIAF: 284506 ISNI: 0000 0000 6659 7373 ULAN: 500000437 GND: 130163139 BNF: 149748586