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| Born | Charles Félix César Longuet (1839-02-14)14 February 1839 |
| Died | 5 August 1903(1903-08-05) (aged 64) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Jenny Marx |
| Children | 6(includingJean Longuet andEdgar Longuet) |
| Relatives | Karl Marx (father-in-law) Jenny von Westphalen (mother-in-law) Laura Marx (sister-in-law) Eleanor Marx (sister-in-law) |
Charles Félix César Longuet (French pronunciation:[ʃaʁlfelikssezaʁlɔ̃ɡɛ]; 14 February 1839,Caen – 5 August 1903,Paris) was a journalist and prominent figure in the French working-class movement, including the 1871Paris Commune, as well as aProudhonist member of the General Council of theFirst International orInternational Working Men's Association (1866–67, 1871–72). He served as Corresponding Secretary for Belgium (1866),[1] delegate to the Lausanne[2] (1867), Brussels (1868), the London Conference (1871) and the (1872).[3] He was also the editor of the publicationJournal Officiel.[4]
Longuet participated in theParis Commune of 1871 and, after its defeat, moved to England as arefugee where he metKarl Marx. Longuet married Marx's eldest daughter,Jenny, on 2 October 1872 inLondon (in a civil ceremony). Together, they had six children, the first five of whom were boys, the last a daughter.[5] Two of the sons died in infancy. Of the others,Jean, a journalist andEdgar, a physician, both became prominent socialist activists in France.[6]
Longuet returned to France, after apolitical amnesty granted by the French government in July 1880. Here he took a position as an editor ofLa Justice, a radical daily newspaper founded byGeorges Clemenceau.[7] His wife and children joined him in February 1881, the family settling in the town ofArgenteuil, near Paris.[8] Here Jenny died in January 1883, probably fromcancer of the bladder.[5] Two months later her father, Karl Marx, died; Longuet was one of the speakers at his funeral.[9]
Charles Longuet died in Paris on 5 August 1903 at the age of 64. He was buried at thePère Lachaise Cemetery.
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