Who is Emmanuel Macron’s wife Brigitte?
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron was just 15 years old when he met his wife, Brigitte Trogneux, who is 25 years his senior.
But who is the 68-year-old and how did the couple meet?
Who is Brigitte Trogneux?
Brigitte Trogneux is the daughter of Jean and his wife Simone.
She is the youngest of the pair's six children.
The wealthy family owns a famous French chocolate-making empire.
In June 1974, Trogneux married the banker Andre Louis Auziere and the couple had three children together.
She hit headlines in July of 2017 when former US President Donald Trump described her as being in "great shape" during his visit to Paris.
How did Emmanuel Macron meet Brigitte?
Emmanuel Macron, the leader of the political party En Marche! and the youngest president in France's history, met his future wife when he was just 15 years old.
Macron was Brigitte's drama student in school - where she would read his writing out to the class.
When Macron hit the limelight, footage of him kissing his future wife on the cheek – when he was just a teen and she was his married teacher - emerged.
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Macron, now 44, shared a classroom at a Catholic school with Brigitte's daughter Laurence - who is the same age as him.
His parents were stunned when they learned that their son was romantically involved with his teacher as they believed he was actually in love with Laurence, reports Reuters.
Writer Anne Fulda, who penned the book Emmanuel Macron: A Perfect Young Man, spoke to the politician’s parents about the unconventional romance, which happened while Brigitte was still married to the father of her three children.
His parents were shocked by the explosive revelation and removed their teen son from the school in Amiens, in northern France, and sent him to finish his education in Paris.
When did Trogneux and Macron get married?
Macron married his wife in 2007 after Brigitte’s previous marriage ended in divorce.
The former economics minister is step-father to his wife’s three adult children, including son Sebastien who is two years older than Macron.
Macron does not have any biological children with his wife, although he is also the step-grandfather of Brigitte’s seven grandchildren.