Born into an affluent Catholic Creole family in the city of New Orleans she married Judah Benjamin, who would figure greatly in the Confederacy. They were married on 12 February 1833 in the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. There was an agreement made as Benjamin was of the Jewish faith that any children their union might produce would be raised Catholic.
They initially lived in New Orleans, but Natalie was not interested in her husbands political life. As time went on and he became more involved their marriage started to show the effects of his being away so much of the time. After 15 years of marriage she packed up their only child a daughter named Ninette and went to Paris. There she lived quite lavishly as she had always spent a great deal of money on material things. She also alledgedly was involved in numerous affairs. There was never a divorce and Judah did attempt to make a yearly trip to Paris to visit them
She spent the remainder of her life in Paris.
They initially lived in New Orleans, but Natalie was not interested in her husbands political life. As time went on and he became more involved their marriage started to show the effects of his being away so much of the time. After 15 years of marriage she packed up their only child a daughter named Ninette and went to Paris. There she lived quite lavishly as she had always spent a great deal of money on material things. She also alledgedly was involved in numerous affairs. There was never a divorce and Judah did attempt to make a yearly trip to Paris to visit them
She spent the remainder of her life in Paris.
Born into an affluent Catholic Creole family in the city of New Orleans she married Judah Benjamin, who would figure greatly in the Confederacy. They were married on 12 February 1833 in the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. There was an agreement made as Benjamin was of the Jewish faith that any children their union might produce would be raised Catholic.
They initially lived in New Orleans, but Natalie was not interested in her husbands political life. As time went on and he became more involved their marriage started to show the effects of his being away so much of the time. After 15 years of marriage she packed up their only child a daughter named Ninette and went to Paris. There she lived quite lavishly as she had always spent a great deal of money on material things. She also alledgedly was involved in numerous affairs. There was never a divorce and Judah did attempt to make a yearly trip to Paris to visit them
She spent the remainder of her life in Paris.
They initially lived in New Orleans, but Natalie was not interested in her husbands political life. As time went on and he became more involved their marriage started to show the effects of his being away so much of the time. After 15 years of marriage she packed up their only child a daughter named Ninette and went to Paris. There she lived quite lavishly as she had always spent a great deal of money on material things. She also alledgedly was involved in numerous affairs. There was never a divorce and Judah did attempt to make a yearly trip to Paris to visit them
She spent the remainder of her life in Paris.
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