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the hand while cleaning his gun. The wound refused to heal and he died of complications caused by the wound on 31 December. As the couple had agreed to keep their relationship away from the public eye, Léon did not attend his funeral. She did mourn him privately and continued to mourn until her death in 1906. It was only after her death that the full details of their relationship became known to the public.
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Léon and
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in 1860, Léon took Louis-Alphonse
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on 5 February 1865. Léon and
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Around 1920 rumours circulated that Léon had been a German spy.
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Women in France Since 1789: The
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433:French Historical Studies
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507:. New York: Continuum.
321:Uglow & Hinton 1985
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774:Anne Victoire Dervieux
567:Prostitution in France
553:Prostitution in France
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1073:Madelonnettes Convent
854:Marie-Louise O'Murphy
572:Prostitution in Paris
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