Élise Thiers (1818–1880) was the wife of the

President of France The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, the po ...

Adolphe Thiers Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers ( ; ; 15 April 17973 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian who served as President of France from 1871 to 1873. He was the second elected president and the first of the Third French Republic. Thi ...

. She was the daughter of a banker. She married Thiers in 1833. Prior and after their marriage, Thiers had a relationship with her mother Eurydice and her sister Felice. This became a topic of gossip and slander during the presidency of her spouse, when her sister Felice resided with them and performed the representational duties by her side. Élise Thiers was regarded to be stingy. She accompanied her spouse on diplomatic dinners and demonstrated her economic sensibility by going herself to the market in Versailles.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thiers, Elise 1818 births 1880 deaths Spouses of presidents of France