Adèle Foucher place of death City of Brussels
Later life
In 1833, Victor Hugo had become involved with Juliette Drouet, who would become his long-term mistress. In response, Adèle gradually ended her relationship with Sainte-Beuve. Although he did consider leaving Adèle at one point, they remained married, and in later life, when living on the island of Guernsey, a kind of friendship grew up between the wife and the mistress.After a period of political activity in the 1840s, Victor Hugo fell foul of France's new leader, Napoleon III, and he left the country, going first to Brussels and then to the island of Jersey. In October 1855, he found a permanent home at Hauteville House in St Peter Port, Guernsey, and brought his family to live there with him. While living in Brussels, Adèle bought a greyhound, which after death was stuffed and preserved as an exhibit.Adèle's biography of her husband, Victor Hugo raconté par un témoin de sa vie, was published in 1863, and was notable for excluding any mention of Victor's sexual adventures.Adèle died of a "cerebral congestion" at the age of 64, while staying in Brussels, and was buried at Villequier, near the grave of her daughter Léopoldine; her sons accompanied the body on its journey for burial.
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