Catherine Hübscher

{{Short description|French aristocrat (1753–1835)}}

{{for|works based on her life and other holders of this nickname|Madame Sans-Gêne (disambiguation)}}

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:Catherine Lefebvre re-directs here. For the curler, see Catherine Lefebvre (curler)

{{Expand French|topic=bio|Madame Sans-Gêne|date=August 2010}}

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Catherine Hübscher (Goldbach-Altenbach, 2 February 1753 – 1835){{cn|date=March 2024}} was a French aristocrat, wife to François Joseph Lefebvre, Marshal of the Empire and Duke de Dantzig.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXotJAE4rhwC&dq=%22Catherine+H%C3%BCbscher%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA133 | title=Watson's Weekly Art Journal | date=1895 }}

Hübscher's life and name were the subject of the 1893 play Madame Sans-Gêne, by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau. The play was also adapted as an opera, in 1915, and several times for film.{{cite book |last=Abel |first=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IOdgiwUlZXIC&pg=PA312 |title=The Ciné Goes to Town: French Cinema, 1896-1914 |publisher=University of California Press |year=1994 |isbn=9780520079359 |pages=312–313 |authorlink=Richard Abel (cultural historian)}}