JEANNE FRANCOISE JULIE See also:

• ADELAIDE
• ADELAIDE (Ger. Adelheid) (931-999)

ADELAIDE See also:

• JEANNE FRANCOISE JULIE ADELAIDE RECAMIER (1777-1849)

RECAMIER (1777-1849)  , a famous Frenchwoman in the See also:

• LITERARY

literary and See also:

• POLITICAL

political circles of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 4th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1777 at See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons . Her See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden name was See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard . She was married at fifteen to the banker Jacques See also:

• RECAMIER, JEANNE FRANCOISE JULIE ADELAIDE (1777-1849)

Recamier (d . 183o), who was more than old enough to be her See also:

• FATHER

father . Beautiful, accomplished, with a real love for literature, she possessed at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time a temperament which protected her from See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal, and from the early days of the consulate to almost the end of the See also:

• JULY

July See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy her See also:

• SALON

salon in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris was one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief resorts of literary and political society that pretended to See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion . The habitues of her See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house included many former royalists, with others, such as Bernadotte and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• MOREAU, GUSTAVE (1826-1898)
• MOREAU, HEGESIPPE (18ro-1838)
• MOREAU, JEAN VICTOR MARIE (1763-1813)

Moreau, more or less disaffected to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . This circumstance, together with her refusal to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady-in-waiting to the Empress See also:

• JOSEPHINE (MARIE ROSE JOSEPHINE TASCHER DE LA PAGERIE) (1763–1814)

Josephine and her friendship for Madame de See also:

• STAEL, MADAME DE

Stael, brought her under suspicion . It was through Madame de Stael that Madame Recamier became acquainted with See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

Constant, whose singular political tergiversations during the last days of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire and the first of the restoration have been attributed to her persuasions . Madame Recamier was eventually exiled from Paris by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon's orders . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short stay at Lyons she proceeded to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and finally to See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, where she was on exceedingly See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good terms with See also:

• MURAT, JOACHIM (1767—1815)

Murat and his wife, who were then intriguing with the Bourbons . She persuaded Constant to plead the claims of Murat in a memorandum addressed to the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, and also induced him to take up a decided attitude in opposition to Napoleon during the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Days . Her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband had sustained heavy losses in 18o5, and she visited Madame de Stael at Coppet in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland .

There was a project for her See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order that she might marry See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, but though her husband was willing it was not arranged . In her later days she lost most of the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of her See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune; but she continued to receive visitors at the Abbaye-aux-Bois, the old Paris See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent to which she retired in 1814 . Here See also:

• CHATEAUBRIAND, FRANCOIS RENE, VICOMTE DE (1768–1848)

Chateaubriand was a constant visitor, and in a manner See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the house; but even in old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health and reduced circumstances Madame Recamier never lost her attraction . She seems to have been incapable of any serious See also:

• ATTACHMENT

attachment, and although she numbered among her admirers Mathieu de See also:

• MONTMORENCY
• MONTMORENCY, ANNE
• MONTMORENCY, MATHIEU JEAN FELICITE DE

Montmorency, Lucien See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte, Prince Augustus of Prussia, See also:

• BALLANCHE, PIERRE SIMON (1776-1847)

Ballanche, J . J . See also:

• AMPERE, ANDRE MARIE (1775–1836)
• AMPERE, JEAN JACQUES (1800-1864)

Ampere and Constant, none of them obtained over her so See also:

• GREAT

great an See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence as did Chateaubriand, though she suffered much from his imperious See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper . If she had any genuine See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection, it seems to have been for Prosper de See also:

• BARANTE, AMABLE GUILLAUME PROSPER BRUGIERE, BARON DE (1782-1866)

Barante, whom she met at Coppet . She died in Paris on the 11th of May 1849 . There are well-known portraits of her by See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David in the galleries of the Louvre, and by See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the prefecture of the See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine . In 1859 Souvenirs et correspondances tires See also:

• DES

des pa piers de Madame Recamier was edited by Mme See also:

• LENORMANT, FRANCOIS (1837–1883)

Lenormant . See Mme Lenormant's Madame Recamier, See also:

• LES

les amis de sa jeunesse et sa correspondance intime (1872); Mme See also:

• MOHL, HUGO VON (1805–1872)
• MOHL, JULIUS VON (1800–1876)

Mohl, Madame Recamier, with a See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of the See also:

• HISTORY

history of society in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France (1829 and 1862); also See also:

• GUIZOT, FRANCOIS PIERRE GUILLAUME (1787-1874)

Guizot in the Revue des deux mondes for December 1859 and See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1873; H . See also:

• NOEL, RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY (1834-1894)

Noel See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams, Madame Recamierand her See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Friends (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1901) ; E .

Herriott (Engl. trans., by Alys Hallard), Madame Recamier et ses amis (1904) (elaborate and exhaustive) .