Marguerite Mathilde Slidell was a daughter of John Slidell and his wife, Mathilde (Deslonde) Slidell. Her father served as Ambassador of the Confederate States of America to the court of Emperor Napoleon III. She was married on October 3, 1864 to Frédéric Émile, Baron d'Erlanger (1832-1911), a German born financier who served as the Greek consul in Paris.
She first met her husband in New Orleans during a trip he made to America. She grew up on the plantation Belle Pointe in Laplace, Louisiana, 25 miles west of New Orleans. She accompanied her parents to Paris, where she received a great deal of attention because of her exceptional beauty.
Her husband helped to fund the construction of a French transatlantic telegraph cable in 1869. Mathilde sent the first message.
The tomb in which she is interred is a raised concrete tablet topped with a cross.
She first met her husband in New Orleans during a trip he made to America. She grew up on the plantation Belle Pointe in Laplace, Louisiana, 25 miles west of New Orleans. She accompanied her parents to Paris, where she received a great deal of attention because of her exceptional beauty.
Her husband helped to fund the construction of a French transatlantic telegraph cable in 1869. Mathilde sent the first message.
The tomb in which she is interred is a raised concrete tablet topped with a cross.
Marguerite Mathilde Slidell was a daughter of John Slidell and his wife, Mathilde (Deslonde) Slidell. Her father served as Ambassador of the Confederate States of America to the court of Emperor Napoleon III. She was married on October 3, 1864 to Frédéric Émile, Baron d'Erlanger (1832-1911), a German born financier who served as the Greek consul in Paris.
She first met her husband in New Orleans during a trip he made to America. She grew up on the plantation Belle Pointe in Laplace, Louisiana, 25 miles west of New Orleans. She accompanied her parents to Paris, where she received a great deal of attention because of her exceptional beauty.
Her husband helped to fund the construction of a French transatlantic telegraph cable in 1869. Mathilde sent the first message.
The tomb in which she is interred is a raised concrete tablet topped with a cross.
She first met her husband in New Orleans during a trip he made to America. She grew up on the plantation Belle Pointe in Laplace, Louisiana, 25 miles west of New Orleans. She accompanied her parents to Paris, where she received a great deal of attention because of her exceptional beauty.
Her husband helped to fund the construction of a French transatlantic telegraph cable in 1869. Mathilde sent the first message.
The tomb in which she is interred is a raised concrete tablet topped with a cross.
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Sacred to the memory of Marguerite Matilda Slidell born 1842 - died 1927 widow of Baron Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger
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