Germaine Coty | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Coty in 1954 | |
| Spouse of the President of France | |
| In office 16 January 1954 – 11 November 1955 | |
| President | René Coty |
| Preceded by | Michelle Auriol |
| Succeeded by | Yvonne de Gaulle (1959) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Germaine Alice Corblet 9 April 1887 Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France |
| Died | 11 November 1955 (aged 68) Château de Rambouillet, Seine-et-Oise, France |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Germaine Alice Coty (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁmɛn kɔti]; née Corblet; 9 April 1887 – 11 November 1955) was the daughter of a Normandy ship owner who became the wife of the French lawyer-politician René Coty. When she died, slightly less than 22 months after her husband became president of France, she became the first wife of a French president to die while her husband was still in office. By that time she had become popular with the French public "for her simplicity and kindness: hostile commentators who had mocked her when she moved into the presidential "Élysée Palace" quickly ceased their mockery in response to vehement public protests".[1][2][3][a]
- ^ a b "Madame Coty". Histoire du Sénat .... Décembre 1953: René Coty, un sénateur à l'Elysée. Le Sénat, Paris. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Jacqueline Piatier [in French] (14 November 1955). "Mme René Coty est décedée cette nuit a Rambouillet". Mme René Coty, épouse du président de la République, est décédée ce matin, peu après 4 heures, au château de Rambouillet, d'une crise cardiaque. Le Monde, Paris. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Erwan Le Gall. "Histoire d'une image: Germaine Coty". En Envor: Revue d'Histoire Contemporaine en Bretagne. En Envor, l'histoire contemporaine en Bretagne, Ploemeur. ISSN 2266-3916. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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