Eugénie de Janzé

1810–1861 (age 51)

Biography

Eugénie de Janzé (1810–1861) was a French woman of aristocratic background who lived during the reign of Louis-Philippe and the early years of the Second Empire. Her life reflected the social complexities and refined culture of nineteenth-century Parisian society among the nobility.

De Janzé's memory was honored through her burial at Père Lachaise Cemetery, the final resting place of many distinguished members of French society. Her fifty-one years encompassed a vibrant period of French cultural and political development during the nineteenth century.