Catherine Hübscher

Catherine Hübscher (Goldbach-Altenbach, 2 February 1753 – 1835) was a First French Empire aristocrat, wife to François Joseph Lefebvre, Marshal of the Empire and Duke de Dantzig.

For works based on her life and other holders of this nickname, see Madame Sans-Gêne (disambiguation).
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Catherine Hubscher, Maréchale Lefebvre Duchesse de Dantzig, known as "Madame Sans-Gêne (1753-1835), anonymous artist, c 1810.

Known as a woman of modest origins and of strong temperament, she is best known by her nickname of Madame Sans-Gêne, though this was only attributed to her by the dramatist Victorien Sardou - the nickname's first holder was the woman soldier Thérèse Figueur, whom Napoleon I of France gave the nickname Madame Sans-Gêne.

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