François Casimir Dudevant (6 July 1795 – 8 March 1871)
was the illegitimate son of Baron Jean-François Dudevant (1754–1826),
a French military officer, and his mistress Augustine Soulé.
On 10 December 1822, Dudevant married Aurore Dupin, who became well-known as an author using the name
George Sand
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, bein ...
. Before separating in 1830, they had two children:
Maurice (1823–1889) and
Solange (1828–1899), who married the artist
Auguste Clésinger
Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger (22 October 1814 – 5 January 1883) was a 19th-century French sculptor and painter.
Life
Auguste Clésinger was born in Besançon, in the Doubs department of France. His father, Georges-Philippe, was a scul ...
in 1847.
Dudevant was born in Guillery and died in
Barbaste
Barbaste (; oc, Barbasta) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrati ...
.
References
*Casimir Carrère. ''George Sand amoureuse''. Paris, Genève, La Palatine, 1967.
1795 births
1871 deaths
Barons of France
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