Nationality French Name Leopoldine Hugo | ||
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Full Name Leopoldine Cecile Marie-Pierre Catherine Hugo Spouse Charles Vacquerie (m. ?–1843) Parents Adele Foucher, Victor Hugo Siblings Adele Hugo, Francois-Victor Hugo, Charles Hugo, Leopold Hugo Grandparents Joseph Leopold Sigisbert Hugo, Sophie Trebuchet Similar People Victor Hugo, Adele Foucher, Charles Vacquerie, Adele Hugo, Juliette Drouet | ||
Les incroyables tresors de l histoire la robe portee par leopoldine hugo lors de sa noyade
Léopoldine Hugo (Léopoldine Cécile Marie-Pierre Catherine Hugo; 28 August 1824 – 4 September 1843) was the eldest daughter of novelist, poet, and dramatist Victor Hugo and his wife, Adèle Foucher.
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- Les incroyables tresors de l histoire la robe portee par leopoldine hugo lors de sa noyade
- Early life
- Later life and death
- References
Early life
Léopoldine was born in Paris, the second of five children and eldest daughter of Victor Hugo and Adèle Foucher. She was named after her paternal grandfather, as was her brother Léopold.
Léopoldine had many suitors, including her future husband, Charles Vacquerie, whom she met while on holiday in 1839.
Later life and death
She married Charles Vacquerie at Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis on 15 February 1843, but they both drowned together only a few months later, when their boat capsized on the Seine in Villequier on 4 September 1843. She died when her wet, heavy skirts pulled her down, and her husband died trying to save her. This tragic event had a great impact on the work and personality of her father, Victor Hugo. He dedicated numerous poems to the memory of his daughter, notably Demain dès l'aube and À Villequier in Pauca Meae, the fourth book of Les Contemplations.
