Recamier

Recamier, Jeanne Francoise, Madame de (1777-1849), was born at Lyons, where her father was a notary, and married at the age of 16 a rich Parisian banker. She formed a salon in Paris, which was frequented by the most celebrated people of the time; but, as political conspiracies were considered her object, she was forced to leave Paris, and spent some time in Lyons and Italy. After the fall of Napoleon she returned, and wherever she went a crowd of flatterers followed. Her correspondence is full of valuable information about her contemporaries.