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Catherine Hübscher

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Catherine Hubscher, Maréchale Lefebvre Duchesse de Dantzig, known as "Madame Sans-Gêne (1753-1835), anonymous artist, c 1810.

Catherine Hübscher (Goldbach-Altenbach, 2 February 1753 – 1835)[citation needed], also known by the name Maréchale Lefebvre, was a French aristocrat, wife to François Joseph Lefebvre, Marshal of the Empire and Duke de Dantzig.[1]

She lived with her husband and children at Château de Combault from 1802.[2]

Hübscher's life and name were the subject of the 1893 play Madame Sans-Gêne, by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau. The play was also adapted as an opera, in 1915, and several times for film.[3]

References

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  1. Watson's Weekly Art Journal. 1895.
  2. "Catherine Hübscher". la Société d'Histoire de Villeparisis. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  3. Abel, Richard (1994). The Ciné Goes to Town: French Cinema, 1896-1914. University of California Press. pp. 312–313. ISBN 9780520079359.