Yvonne de Gaulle
Yvonne de Gaulle (born Yvonne Charlotte Anne Marie Vendroux , born May 22, 1900 in Calais , † November 8, 1979 in Paris ) was married to General Charles de Gaulle and Première Dame de France from 1959 to 1969.
The marriage had three children:
- Philippe de Gaulle (born December 28, 1921)
- Elisabeth de Gaulle (May 15, 1924 - April 2, 2013)
- Anne de Gaulle (January 1, 1928 - February 6, 1948)
Anne suffered from Down syndrome . Yvonne de Gaulle founded a charity foundation, the 'La fondation Anne-de-Gaulle' (English: Foundation Anne-de-Gaulle), which helps mentally handicapped children.
literature
- Janet Marx: The First Ladies of the Fifth French Republic - from Yvonne de Gaulle to Bernadette Chirac , VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken 2007, ISBN 978-3-8364-4904-5
- Claude Dulong: La Vie quotidienne à l'Élysée au temps de Charles de Gaulle , Librairies Hachette, Paris 1974
- Marcel Jullian: Madame de Gaulle , Éditions Stock, Paris 1982
- Geneviève Moll: Yvonne de Gaulle , Éditions Ramsay, Paris 1999
- Elisabeth Chavelet: Leurs Femmes ... elles aussi ont du pouvoir , Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris 2003
- Delphine Le Guay: Femmes de Président , Éditions France-Empire, Paris, 1995
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gaulle, Yvonne de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vendroux, Yvonne (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French wife of the Prime Minister, First Lady of France |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calais |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1979 |
| Place of death | Paris |