Cécile Carnot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cécile Carnot

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1841

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

Date of Death: 30-Sep-1898

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Cécile Carnot

  • Marie Pauline Cécile Carnot née White (July 20, 1841 – September 30, 1898) was the wife of Marie François Sadi Carnot, the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
  • She was born in Paris, the daughter of Charles Brook Dupont-White and Cécile Olympe Corbie.
  • Her father was an economist.
  • She was married to Marie François Sadi Carnot in 1863.As first lady, Cécile Carnot devoted a lot of her time to representation in public and entertaining at the Presidential Palace.
  • She hosted three balls annually and arranged garden parties at which she introduced tennis.
  • She regarded representation as an important part in the political career for her spouse.
  • In 1889 she introduced the annual Christmas dinner for poor children, which became a tradition ever since.She played a political role when she negotiated with Georges Ernest Boulanger, preventing a coup.
  • After her husband's assassination, she lived in seclusion.
  • She had four children, a daughter Claire and three sons, Sadi, Ernest, and François.
  • She died in 1898, aged 57 years. Poet George Williamson wrote a poem, "To Mme Sadi Carnot, On the Death of her Husband, Late President of France" (1894).
  • A variety of rose was named in her memory.

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