Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité
From TLP
Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur Dessalines (also Marie-Claire Heureuse Dessalines) (1758 Léogâne, Saint-Domingue - August 8, 1858 Gonaïves, Haiti) was married 1 to Jean-Jacques Dessalines, they had four daughters and three sons together, including a pair of twins. She was buried in St. Marc.
Note 1: On October 21, 1801. The couple was married by Toussaint Louverture.
References
- James, C.L.R. (1989). The Black Jacobins. Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution. (2nd Ed., Revised) New York: Vintage Press. ISBN 0-679-72467-2.
External links
- Mémoire de Femmes: Marie-Claire Heureuse Dessalines - (French text)
- Maison de Claire-Heureuse, épouse de l’Empereur Jean-Jacques Dessalines, à Marchand-Dessalines (Haïti) - Exterior photograph of a house said to have belonged to Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité. (French text)