Name Antoinette Danton Grandchildren Sophie Octavie Danton | Role Georges Danton's wife | |
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Died February 10, 1793, Paris, France Spouse Georges Danton (m. 1787–1793) Children Antoine Danton, Francois Georges Danton, Francois Danton People also search for Georges Danton, Antoine Danton | ||
Antoinette Gabrielle Charpentier (6 January 1760 – 10 February 1793) was a personality in the French Revolution. She was the first wife of revolutionary Georges Jacques Danton.
Biography
Charpentier was the daughter of Jerome Francois Charpentier, the owner (from 1773) of the Cafe Parnasse or Cafe de l'Ecole, located at the current site of La Samaritaine, in Paris.
She married Georges Jacques Danton on 14 June 1787 at the church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois in Paris. The couple had three sons:
On 10 February 1793, while Danton was on a mission in Belgium, Charpentier died, aged 33, giving birth to a boy, who also did not survive. Back in Paris on 17 February 1793, Danton was so affected by her death that he recruited sculptor Claude Andre Deseine and brought him by night to Sainte-Catherine cemetery to excavate Charpentier's body and execute a death mask. Her bust is now on display at Troyes museum.