1822 - 1868
Victor Hugo and Adele Foucher
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Adele Foucher and Victor Hugo were married for 45 years before Adele Foucher died, leaving behind her partner and 5 children.
They had 5 children, Léopold (200), Léopoldine Cécile Marie-Pierre Catherine (199), Charles (197), François-Victor (195) and Adèle (193).
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French Other Adele Foucher was born Adèle Julie Victoire Marie Foucher on 27th September, 1803 in Paris, France and passed away on 27th Aug 1868 Brussels, Belgium aged 64. She is most remembered for Victor Hugo's wife. Her zodiac sign is Libra.
French Writer Victor Hugo was born Victor-Marie Hugo on 26th February, 1802 in Besancon, France and passed away on 22nd May 1885 Paris, France aged 83. He is most remembered for • NOVELS: Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831; Les Misérables, 1862; Les Travailleurs de la mer, 1866 / - • POETRY : Les Châtiments, 1853; Les Contemplations, 1856; La Légende des siècles, 1859 / - • PLAYS (THEATRE): Hernani, 1830; Ruy Blas, 1838. His zodiac sign is Pisces.
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Relationship Statistics
| Status | Duration | Length |
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| Dating | 1822 - 12th Oct 1822 |
9 months, 14 days
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| Married | 12th Oct 1822 - Aug 1868 |
45 years, 10 months
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| Total |
1822 -
Aug 1868
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46 years, 7 months
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Young Victor fell in love and against his mother's wishes, became secretly engaged to his childhood friend Adèle Foucher (1803–1868).
Unusually close to his mother, he married Adèle (in 1822) only after his mother's death in 1821. They had their first child Léopold in 1823, but the boy died in infancy. Hugo's other children were Léopoldine (28 August 1824), Charles (4 November 1826), François-Victor (28 October 1828) and Adèle (24 August 1830).
Victor Hugo was devastated when his oldest and favorite daughter, Léopoldine, died at age 19 in 1843, shortly after her marriage. She drowned in the Seine at Villequier, pulled down by her heavy skirts, when a boat overturned. Her young husband Charles Vacquerie also died trying to save her. Victor Hugo was traveling with his mistress at the time in the south of France, and learned about Léopoldine's death from a newspaper as he sat in a cafe. He describes his shock and grief in his poem À Villequier.
He wrote many poems afterwards about his daughter's life and death, and at least one biographer claims he never completely recovered from it. His most famous poem is probably Demain, dès l'aube, in which he describes visiting her grave.
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