Catherine Hübscher

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Catherine Hübscher (

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, 2 February 1753 – 1835) was a

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aristocrat, wife to

François Joseph Lefebvre François Joseph Lefebvre ( , ; 25 October 1755 – 14 September 1820), Duc de Dantzig, was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon. Ea ...

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and Duke de Dantzig. Known as a woman of modest origins and of strong temperament, she is best known by her nickname of Madame Sans-Gêne, though this was only attributed to her by the dramatist

Victorien Sardou Victorien Sardou ( , ; 5 September 18318 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-centu ...

- the nickname's first holder was the woman soldier Thérèse Figueur, whom

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gave the nickname Madame Sans-Gêne. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hubscher 1753 births 1835 deaths French duchesses Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery People from Haut-Rhin