Mathurine Fourchon

Mathurine Fourchon was born in 1786 in Gausson in the Province of Brittany in what is today the Côtes-d'Armor department in northwestern France. She is a Breton soldier. She is the seventh woman to be decorated with the Legion of Honor.[1]

Biography

Mathurine Fourchon behaved heroically during the Siege of Constantine, in Algeria, in October 1837. She treated the wounded there. She was wounded in turn by four bullets.[2]

In 1853, under Napoleon III, Mathurine Fourchon was decorated with the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honor in recognition of her devotion.

After her military career, Mathurine Fourchon settled in Saint-Malo before retiring to Nantes. She died there on April 9, 1863,[3] in poverty. The Nantes city council paid for her funeral expenses.

She is buried in La Bouteillerie Cemetery in Nantes.

Her Legion of Honor arouses protests.[4]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Commémoration au cimetière de la Bouteillerie à Nantes - Mathurine Fourchon
  2. ↑ La Bouteillerie Cemetery in Nantes – Mathurine Fourchon
  3. ↑ La Presse, 15 avril 1863
  4. ↑ La Nouvelle Revue - September 1, 1917 - Page 248 - Léonce Grasilier - BNF Gallica
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