Charles Longuet

{{Short description|French journalist and politician (1839–1903)}}

{{For|the New Zealand mayor|Charles Stephen Longuet}}

{{infobox Person

| name = Charles Longuet

| image = Charles Jenny Longuet.jpg

| birth_name = Charles Félix César Longuet

| birth_date = {{birth date|1839|02|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Caen, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|1903|08|05|1839|02|14|df=yes}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| spouse = Jenny Marx

| children = 6 (including Jean Longuet and Edgar Longuet)

| relatives = Karl Marx (father-in-law)
Jenny von Westphalen (mother-in-law)
Laura Marx (sister-in-law)
Eleanor Marx (sister-in-law)

| occupation = Journalist

}}

Charles Félix César Longuet ({{IPA|fr|ʃaʁl feliks sezaʁ lɔ̃ɡɛ}}; 14 February 1839, Caen – 5 August 1903, Paris) was a journalist and prominent figure in the French working-class movement, including the 1871 Paris Commune, as well as a Proudhonist member of the General Council of the First International or International Working Men's Association (1866–67, 1871–72). He served as Corresponding Secretary for Belgium (1866),[http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/i/10751992.php Belgian section International Working Men's Association Collection] delegate to the LausanneYuri Mikhailovich Steklov, History of The First International, [http://www.marx.org/archive/steklov/history-first-international/ch08.htm chapter 8] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926232859/http://www.marx.org/archive/steklov/history-first-international/ch08.htm |date=2007-09-26 }} (1867), Brussels (1868), the London Conference (1871) and the (1872).Steklov, History of the First International, [http://www.marx.org/archive/steklov/history-first-international/ch14.htm Hague chapter 14] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926233749/http://www.marx.org/archive/steklov/history-first-international/ch14.htm |date=2007-09-26 }} He was also the editor of the publication Journal Officiel.Francis Wheen. 1999. Karl Marx: A Life. London: WW Norton & Company. p326.

Longuet participated in the Paris Commune of 1871 and, after its defeat, moved to England as a refugee where he met Karl Marx. Longuet married Marx's eldest daughter, Jenny, on 2 October 1872 in London (in a civil ceremony). Together, they had six children, the first five of whom were boys, the last a daughter.Francis Wheen. 1999. Karl Marx: A Life. London: WW Norton & Company. pp.350, 379. Two of the sons died in infancy. Of the others, Jean, a journalist and Edgar, a physician, both became prominent socialist activists in France.Saul K. Padover, Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978; pp. 479-480.

Longuet returned to France, after a political amnesty granted by the French government in July 1880. Here he took a position as an editor of La Justice, a radical daily newspaper founded by Georges Clemenceau.Francis Wheen. Karl Marx: A Life. London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999; pp. 373-374. His wife and children joined him in February 1881, the family settling in the town of Argenteuil, near Paris.Saul K. Padover, Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978; pp. 481-484. Here Jenny died in January 1883, probably from cancer of the bladder. Two months later her father, Karl Marx, died; Longuet was one of the speakers at his funeral.{{Cite web |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_7_108/ai_55698600/pg_3 |title=A Darwinian Gentleman at Marx's Funeral - E. Ray Lankester {{!}} Natural History {{!}} Find Articles at BNET.com |access-date=2006-07-10 |archive-date=2012-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305002345/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_7_108/ai_55698600/pg_3/ |url-status=dead }}

Charles Longuet died in Paris on 5 August 1903 at the age of 64. He was buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.