Anna Eynard-Lullin (26 May 1793 - 30 October 1868), was a Swiss philanthropist, born a citizen of
Republic of Geneva
The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva (french: link=no, République et canton de Genève; frp, Rèpublica et canton de Geneva; german: Republik und Kanton Genf; it, Repubblica e Cantone di Ginevra; rm, Republica e ...
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Eynard (-Lullin), Anna
in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
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. She was married to the politician Jean-Gabriel Eynard
Jean-Gabriel Eynard (born in Lyon on 28 December 1775 – died in Geneva on 5 February 1863) was a Swiss banker and huge benefactor of the Greek cause.
Biography
Jean-Gabriel Eynard although belonging to a family who had settled in Switzerland ...
and was known to have indirectly influenced the Treaty of Paris (1814)
The Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 May 1814, ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars, following an armistice signed on 23 April between Charles, Count of Artois, and the allies. The treaty set the borde ...
, Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon B ...
and the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818)
The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, held in the autumn of 1818, was a high-level diplomatic meeting of France and the four allied powers Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia which had defeated it in 1814. The purpose was to decide the withdrawal of ...
. In Switzerland, she was known for her charitable projects.
References
* Archives de la famille Eynard (, archives de famille, généalogies, mémoires et journaux, récits de voyages), Bibliothèque de Genève, Département des manuscrits : Ms. suppl. 1893-1910, 1921-19848.
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1793 births
1868 deaths
People from the canton of Geneva
19th-century Swiss people
Swiss philanthropists
19th-century Swiss women
19th-century philanthropists