Marie Duplessis
French courtesan
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Marie Duplessis was a French courtesan and mistress to a number of prominent and wealthy men. She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of the 1848 novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas the younger, one of... Wikipedia
Born: January 15, 1824, Nonant-le-Pin, France
Died: February 3, 1847 (age 23 years), Paris, France
Place of burial: Montmartre Cemetery, Paris, France
Spouse: Édouard de Perregaux (m. 1846–1847)