BEAUDENORD (Madame de), wife of the preceding.  Born Isaure d’Aldrigger, in 1807, at Strasbourg.  An indolent blonde, fond of dancing, but a nonentity from both the moral and the intellectual standpoints. [The Firm of Nucingen.]

BEAUMESNIL (Mademoiselle), a celebrated actress of the Theatre-Francais, Paris.  Mature at the time of the Restoration.  She was the mistress of the police-officer Peyrade, by whom she had a daughter, Lydie, whom he acknowledged.  The last home of Mlle. Beaumesnil was on rue de Tournon.  It was there that she suffered the loss by theft of her valuable diamonds, through Charles Crochard, her real lover.  This was at the beginning of the reign of Louis Philippe. [The Middle Classes.  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life.  A Second Home.]

BEAUPIED, or Beau-Pied, an alias of Jean Falcon. (See that name.)

BEAUPRE (Fanny), an actress at the Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Paris, time of Charles X. Young and beautiful, in 1825, she made a name for herself in the role of marquise in a melodrama entitled “La Famille d’Anglade.”  At this time she had replaced Coralie, then dead, in the affections of Camusot the silk-merchant.  It was at Fanny Beaupre’s that Oscar Husson, one of the clerks of lawyer Desroches, lost in gaming the sum of five hundred francs belonging to his employer, and that he was discovered lying dead-drunk on a sofa by his uncle Cardot. [A Start in Life.] In 1829 Fanny Beaupre, for a money consideration, posed as the best friend of the Duc d’Herouville. [Modeste Mignon.] In 1842, after his liaison with Mme. de la Baudraye, Lousteau lived maritally with her. [The Muse of the Department.] A frequent inmate of the mansion magnificently fitted up for Esther Gobseck by the Baron de Nucingen, she knew all the fast set of the years 1829 and 1830. [Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life.]

BEAUSEANT (Marquis and Comte de), the father and eldest brother of the Vicomte de Beauseant, husband of Claire de Bourgogne. [The Deserted Woman.] In 1819, the marquis and the comte dwelt together in their house, rue Saint-Dominique, Paris. [Father Goriot.] While the Revolution was on, the marquis had emigrated.  The Abbe de Marolles had dealings with him. [An Episode under the Terror.]

BEAUSEANT (Marquise de).  In 1824 a Marquise de Beauseant, then rather old, is found to have dealings with the Chaulieus.  It was probably the widow of the marquis of this name, and the mother of the Comte and Vicomte de Beauseant. [Letters of Two Brides.] The Marquise de Beauseant was a native of Champagne, coming of a very old family. [The Deserted Woman.]

BEAUSEANT (Vicomte de), husband of Claire de Bourgogne.  He understood the relations of his wife with Miguel d’Ajuda-Pinto, and, whether he liked it or not, he respected this species of morganatic alliance recognized by society.  The Vicomte de Beauseant had his residence in Paris on the rue de Grenelle in 1819.  At that time he kept a dancer and liked nothing better than high living.  He became a marquis on the death of his father and eldest brother.  He was a polished man, courtly, methodical, and ceremonious.  He insisted upon living selfishly.  His death would have allowed Mme. de Beauseant to wed Gaston de Nueil. [Father Goriot.  The Deserted Woman.]