Émilie Destutt de Tracy
(1780-1860)
BIRTH
October 5, 1780
PLACE
DEATH
December 16, 1860
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Antoine Destutt de Tracy
(1754-1836)
HUSBAND
Georges Washington de La Fayette
(1779-1849)
CHILDREN
Oscar de La Fayette
(1815-1881)
CHILDREN
Edmond de La Fayette
(1818-1890)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Émilie Destutt de Tracy (1780–1860), also called Françoise-Émilie, was the daughter of philosopher Antoine Destutt de Tracy. In 1802 she married Georges Washington de Lafayette at Notre-Dame d’Auteuil, joining two families with longstanding liberal political ties. The couple lived at La Grange, the Lafayette estate outside Paris, and raised a family. She was the philosopher’s daughter, distinct from his wife, also named Émilie. She survived until 1860.
EARLY LIFE
Émilie Destutt de Tracy was born on Oct 5, 1780. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Émilie Destutt de Tracy is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Émilie Destutt de Tracy died on Dec 16, 1860. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Émilie Destutt de Tracy died on Dec 16, 1860. Émilie Destutt de Tracy, also called Françoise-Émilie, was the daughter of philosopher Antoine Destutt de Tracy. In 1802 she married Georges Washington de Lafayette at Notre-Dame d’Auteuil, joining two families with longstanding liberal political ties. The couple lived at La Grange, the Lafayette estate outside Paris, and raised a family. She was the philosopher’s daughter, distinct from his wife, also named Émilie. She survived until 1860. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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