All you need to know about French President Emmanuel Macron's Wife, Brigitte Trogneux

French President Emmanuel Macron won a second term on Sunday defeating Far-Right leader Marine Le Pen. After his victory, Macron vowed to unite divided Fance. However, his personal life has been in the limelight during his political career, his marriage has always been the talk of the town. Macron is married to Brigitte Trogneux, who is 25 years older than the French President and always stood rock solid behind him through his ups and downs.
Notably, when Macron married Trogneux in 2007, she was already a mother to three children from her first husband, Andre Louis Auziere. Trogneux had married Andre in June 1974. Emmanuel Macron is the stepfather of the three adult children of Trogneux and Andre.

The youngest French President, Emmanuel Macron, was just 15 years old when he first met his future wife in his school, where Trogneux was a drama teacher and was still married. Macron was also a classmate of Brigitte's daughter Laurence. In fact, his parents thought that the French President was in love with Laurence. As per a Reuters report, Macron's parents were shocked after hearing about their son's romantic involvement with his teacher, Brigitte Trogneux.


The author of the book Emmanuel Macron: A Perfect Young Man, Anne Fulda, revealed that the parents were so shocked that they removed Macron from Trogneux's school in Amiens and sent him to Paris for further studies.

Brigitte Trogneux belongs to a family that owns a French chocolate-making conglomerate. Her father's name is Jean, and her mother's name is Simone. Besides, Trogneux has five siblings, and she is the youngest one. She came into the limelight again after her marriage when Former US President Donald Trump praised her for being in "great shape."

It is interesting to note that while Brigitte's daughter shared a classroom with Emmanuel Macron, her son Sebastien is two years older than his stepfather. Moreover, the Frech President is also the stepgrandfather of his wife's seven grandchildren. However, President Macron does not have any biological children with Trogneux. Currently, Emmanuel is 44 years old, while the first lady of France is 68.