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Molière

MolièreAKA Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

Born: 15-Jan-1622
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 17-Feb-1673
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: Respiratory failure
Remains: Buried, Cimetire du Pre Lachaise, Paris, France

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Playwright

Nationality: France
Executive summary: Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope

Father: Jean Poquelin
Mother: Marie Cressé
Girlfriend: Madeleine Béjart (d. Feb-1672)
Wife: Armande Claire Elisabeth Gresinde Béjart (m. 23-Jan-1662)
Son: Louis (b. 19-Jan-1664, d. Nov-1664)
Daughter: Esprit-Madeleine (b. 3-Aug-1665, d. 1723)
Son: Pierre-Jean-Baptiste-Armand (b. Sep-1672, d. Oct-1672)

    Law School: College de Clermont (1642)

    Debtor's Prison (1645)
    Died Onstage
    Exhumed (1817)
    French Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Tuberculosis





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