Marguerite Lebrun

PresidentAlbert Lebrun

Preceded byBlanche Doumer

Succeeded byMichelle Auriol (1947)

BornJeanne Emilie Marguerite Nivoit
(1878-10-12)October 12, 1878

Mézières, Ardennes, France

Marguerite Lebrun
Marguerite Lebrun in February 1940.
Spouse of the President of France
In role 10 May 1932 – 11 July 1940
President	Albert Lebrun
Preceded by	Blanche Doumer
Succeeded by	Michelle Auriol (1947)
Personal details
Born	Jeanne Emilie Marguerite Nivoit (1878-10-12)October 12, 1878 Mézières, Ardennes, France
Died	October 25, 1947(1947-10-25) (aged 69) Paris, France
Spouse	Albert Lebrun ​ ​ (m. 1935; died 1947)​

Marguerite Jeanne Emilie Marguerite Lebrun (née Nivoit; October 12, 1878 - October 25, 1947) was the wife of Albert Lebrun, who was President of France from 1932 to 1940.

Together Lebrun and her husband had two children: son Jean Lebrun and daughter Marie Lebrun.^[1] Jean Lebrun married Bernadette Marin, the daughter of a retired army captain, in the town hall in Rambouillet, France, on 17 October 1932.^[2]

She was the "godmother" of the legendary ocean liner SS Normandie and the ship Paul Doumer, named for the previous French president.^[3]