Madame de Remusat

Born Claire �lisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes, Madame De Remusat served as lady-in-waiting for Empress Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife. She was generally regarded as a woman of great intellectual capacity and personal grace. Claire's memoirs threw light not only on the Napoleonic court, but also on the youth and education of her son Charles de R�musat. He developed political views more liberal than those of his parents.

Born Claire �lisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes, Madame De Remusat served as lady-in-waiting for Empress Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife. She was generally regarded as a woman of great intellectual capacity and personal grace. Claire's memoirs threw light not only on the Napoleonic court, but also on the youth and education of her son Charles de R�musat. He developed political views more liberal than those of his parents. See less