19th-century French women

Empress consort of the French from 1804 to 1814 (1763-1814)

French supercentenarian, person with the longest confirmed lifespan (1875–1997)

Empress Consort of the French from 1810 to 1814 and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla from 1814 to 1847

French Madame Royale (1778–1851)

Queen of Naples and Sicily (1782-1839)

French princess (1832-1850); queen consort of the Belgians

Queen consort of the French from 1830 to 1848

Queen consort of Naples and Spain (1771-1845)

Queen Consort of Portugal (1889 - 1908)

princess

Princess of France

Italian princess

French Royal

French woman kept locked for 25 years (1849–1913)

consort of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden, and adoptive daughter of Napoleon I

Orléans-French Royal (1878-1961)

French princess (1882-1958)

Polish noblewoman, Honoré de Balzac's wife (c. 1805 – 1882)

French activist (1826-1921)

wife of French writer Victor Hugo (1803–1868)

French feminist (1844-1898)

elder daughter of Victor Hugo (1824–1843)

Mistress of Louis XVIII of France (1785-1852)

French woman known as one of the hysteria patients of Jean-Martin Charcot

French Countess (1758-1842)

foster daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

French chemist (1837-1907)

French royal nurse (1764-1853)

Cha-U-Kao was a French entertainer who performed at the Moulin Rouge and the Nouveau Cirque in the 1890s. Her stage name was also the name of a boisterous popular dance, similar to the can-can, which came from the French words "chahut", meaning "noise" and "chaos". She was depicted in a series of paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Cha-U-Kao soon became one of his favorite models. The artist was fascinated by this woman who dared to choose the classic male profession of clowning and was not afraid to openly declare that she was a lesbian.

Feminist activist

French noble

French actress (1820-1893)

French politician (1877–1919)

French revolutionary

artists' model

wife of Alfred Dreyfus (1869-1945)

French hostess and socialite (1772 – 1830)

French noblewoman (1782-1829)

French genre painter and portraitist (1769-1855)

French communard

French ballet dancer

French noblewoman (1767–1808)

French cyclist

French princess

French courtesan