Renée Lydie Charlotte Marguerite Loppin de Montmort (2 August 1881,
Paris
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– 30 November 1960,
La Haye-Malherbe
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,
Eure
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.
Background
Renée came from a wealthy family with a
Swedish
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mother and an aristocratic father. The family inherited a large estate in the
Cape of Good Hope
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South Africa
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, where Renée went soon after birth, staying there until 1889.
References
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1881 births
1960 deaths
People from Eure
Girlguiding officials