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Philippe Pétain's wife
Alphonsine Berthe Eugénie Pétain was the wife of Marshal Philippe Pétain, the French military commander and political leader who ruled Vichy France between 1940 and 1944.
In the Arcade
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On-theme arcade editions starring the Annie Pétain parody.
Alphonsine Berthe Eugénie Pétain (née Hardon; 5 October 1877 – 30 January 1962) was the wife of Marshal Philippe Pétain, the French military commander and political leader who ruled Vichy France between 1940 and 1944.
Marshal Pétain was her second husband. She had previously been married to François de Hérain, a doctor who later became an artist. Initially, under family pressure, she rejected Pétain's marriage proposal and instead married de Hérain. However, the marriage ended in divorce in March 1914. Her son from her first marriage, Pierre de Hérain, became a film director.
She married Pétain on 14 September 1920. He was reported to have been at a hotel with her the night he was appointed to take command at the Battle of Verdun in 1916.