| Marie Brémont | |
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| Born | 25 April 1886 Noëllet, France |
| Died | 6 June 2001 (aged 115 years, 42 days) Candé, Maine-et-Loire, France |
Marie Marthe Augustine Lemaitre Brémont (née Mesange) (25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001)[1] was a French supercentenarian and the oldest recognized person in the world from November 2000 until her death.[2] This means she was the oldest living person at the turn of the century, and the new millenium, and therefore the person with the earliest birthdate that lived into the 21st century. Brémont was the first 114- as well as 115-year-old to live in three different centuries. Her record as the oldest person to have lived in three centuries has since been surpassed by several people, first in 2002 by Maude Farris-Luse. Brémont was the second Frenchwoman to hold the title of the oldest living person, after longevity world record holder Jeanne Calment.[3]
Brémont was born as Marie Marthe Augustine Mesange in Noëllet,[2] and her first husband, railroad worker Constant Lemaitre, was killed in the First World War. She married again to a taxi driver, Florentin Brémont, who died in 1967.
Over the course of her life, she worked in a pharmaceutical factory, as a nanny and as a seamstress. At 103, she was hit by a car and broke her arm.
She died at her retirement home at age 115 years 42 days in Candé, Maine-et-Loire, having had no children, and was the last documented surviving person born in 1886.
| Preceded by Eva Morris |
Oldest recognized living person 2 November 2000 – 6 June 2001 |
Succeeded by Maude Farris-Luse |
| Preceded by Eva Morris |
Oldest person in Europe 2 November 2000 – 6 June 2001 |
Succeeded by Amy Hulmes |
| Preceded by Jeanne Dumaine |
Doyenne de France 3 January 1999 – 6 June 2001 |
Succeeded by Germaine Haye |
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