Anne Deslions (died 1873) was a French courtesan, one of the most famous

demimonde is a French 19th-century term referring to women on the fringes of respectable society, and specifically to courtesans supported by wealthy lovers. The term is French for "half-world", and derives from an 1855 play called , by Alexandre Dumas ...

courtesans during the Second Empire. She was born in poverty, and ran away from a brothel at the age of sixteen, after which she was established as a high class courtesan in Paris. One of her most known clients were

Prince Napoléon Bonaparte A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The fe ...

. She has been pointed out as the role model for the character of Nana by

Émile Zola Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, ; ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of Naturalism (literature), naturalism, and an important contributor to ...

.Granström, Alvar, Kvinnor och krinoliner: en mode- och sedeskildring från krinolinmodets tid, Carlsson, Stockholm, 1990 A French potato dish, ''Pommes de terre Annette'' or

Pommes Anna ''Pommes Anna'', or Anna potatoes, is a classic French dish of sliced, layered potatoes cooked in a very large amount of melted butter. There are several variants of the dish, containing, in addition to potatoes and butter, other ingredients, whi ...

, was created and named by French chef

Adolphe Dugléré Adolphe Dugléré (; 3 June 1805 in Bordeaux – 4 April 1884 in Paris) was a French chef and a pupil of Marie-Antoine Carême. Les Frères Provençaux Dugléré was a ''chef de cuisine'' to the Rothschild family until 1848, and was manag ...

for Anna Deslions, who frequented Dugléré's

Café Anglais (Paris) The Café Anglais (, ''English café'') was a famous French restaurant located at the corner of the Boulevard des Italiens (n° 13) and the Rue de Marivaux in Paris, France. History Opened in 1802, the restaurant was named in honor of the T ...

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