biography
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Récamier, (Jeanne Françoise) Julie (Adélaide)
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née Bernard
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pronunciation:
[ruhkamyay]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1777–1849)
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| biography:
| Hostess, born in Lyon, SC France. Her salon became a fashionable meeting place, especially for former Royalists and those opposed to Napoleon. When her husband was financially ruined, she was forced to leave Paris (1805), returning in 1815. The most distinguished friend of her later years was Chateaubriand. |
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