Portrait of de Florian by Giovanni Boldini (1900-1910)
Born
Mathilde Héloïse Beaugiron
(1864-09-09)September 9, 1864
18th arrondissement, Paris Second French Empire
Died
August 29, 1939(1939-08-29) (aged 74)
Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy French Third Republic
Occupation
Courtesan
Children
2
Parent(s)
Jean Beaugiron Henriette Eloïse Bara
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Marthe de Florian (born Mathilde Héloïse Beaugiron; 9 September 1864 – 29 August 1939) was a French demi-mondaine and socialite during the Belle Époque. She was known for having famous lovers including Georges Clemenceau, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, Paul Deschanel, Gaston Doumergue, Robert de Montesquiou, and Giovanni Boldini. Initially forgotten from history, her story resurfaced in 2010 after her belongings were discovered in her Parisian apartment, located at 2 square La Bruyère in the 9th arrondissement, untouched for decades. The discovery of her apartment was the inspiration behind Michelle Gable's novel A Paris Apartment.
MarthedeFlorian (born Mathilde Héloïse Beaugiron; 9 September 1864 – 29 August 1939) was a French demi-mondaine and socialite during the Belle Époque...
the apartment, the time period, and the apartment's former owner, MarthedeFlorian. The main plot of the novel revolves around April Vogt, a Sotheby's...
known as "maisons closes" or "maisons de tolérance", were closed by law in 1946, after a campaign by Marthe Richard. The backlash against the brothels...
courtesan, lover but not official royal mistress of Louis XV of France MarthedeFlorian (1864–1939), French courtesan and socialite Mary Nesbitt (1742–1825)...
1804. It required the closure of brothels ("maisons de tolérance"). The law bears the name of Marthe Richard, who was a municipal councillor of Paris but...
The case started to come to light during an investigation by the Brigade de répression du proxénétisme into the activities of Abousofiane Moustaid, also...
years, Alibert led a nomadic life until she met Mme Denant, who ran a Maison de Rendezvous, a brothel catering to a high society clientele. Under the tutelage...
Murat, Ney d'Elchingen, 1910 Portrait of Rita de Acosta Lydig, 1911 Portrait of the actress MarthedeFlorian Boldini is a character in the ballet Franca...
brothels until their prohibition in 1946 following the introduction of the Loi Marthe Richard. 195 establishments were then closed in Paris. Among the most famous...
Algeria ("the candy box"). In France, brothels were prohibited by "Loi Marthe Richard" in 1946. However, in 1947, the Ministry of the Armed Forces authorised...
Michel Lafon (1994): history of Madame Claude by Madame Claude. Les filles de Madame Claude, by Elizabeth Antébi and Anne Florentin, Stock-Julliard (1974)...
Steinheil was born Marguerite Jeanne Japy in Beaucourt, in the Territoire de Belfort, to a rich, industrial family, the daughter of Émilie (Rau) and Édouard...
upon her large sums of money, estates, gifts, and a noble title, baronne de Vaughan (Baroness Vaughan). Because of these presents, Caroline was deeply...
of the "Loi Marthe Richard", the brothel was closed. The building was requisitioned to accommodate convalescent students of the Fondation de France. In...
ISBN 9781412834926. Buisson, Patrick (2009). 1940-1945 Années érotiques -: De la Grande Prostituée à la revanche des mâles (in French). Albin Michel. ISBN 9782226200143...
brothels were outlawed in 1946 by Loi Marthe Richard, the French military continued to run "Bordel militaire de campagne". The last one on French territory...
(1893). L'Étoile de Kléber was a maison close (brothel) in Paris. It obtained notoriety for continuing to run after the 1946 Loi Marthe Richard ban on brothels...
managing prostitution in Paris. In 1946, after the adoption of the "Loi Marthe Richard", the brothel was closed. The contents were auctioned off by Maurice...
Fernseed Robyn Few Alexis Fire Albert Fish Florrie Fisher Heidi Fleiss MarthedeFlorian Ali Forney Priss Fotheringham Denham Fouts Ronnie Lee Gardner Elisabeth...
met nearly all of the French artists of her time, such as Gérard de Nerval, Nina de Villard, Arsène Houssaye, Edmond Richard, Gustave Flaubert, Louis...
In March 1917, she met the Japanese artist Tsuguharu Foujita at the Café de la Rotonde in Montparnasse, who fell madly in love with her and married her...
Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt (born Anne-Josèphe Terwagne; 13 August 1762 – 8 June 1817) was a Belgian singer, orator and organizer in the French...
French). Retrieved 13 February 2019. "Les prostituées chinoises de Paris sortent de l'ombre". Le Point (in French). 10 June 2015. Retrieved 13 February...