During this time, Diệm's sister-in-law, Madame Nhu, a Catholic convert and former Buddhist, the de facto first lady because of Diệm ’ s unmarried status, inflamed the situation by mockingly applauding the suicides, referring to them as “ barbecues ”, stating, “ If the Buddhists want to have another barbecue, I will be glad to supply the gasoline .” The pagoda raids stoked widespread public disquiet in Saigon.

: For his wife, see Madame Nhu.

He was known for making such public statements as promising to demolish the Xá Lợi pagoda and vowing to kill his estranged father-in-law, Trần Văn Chuơng, who was the regime's Ambassador to the United States, after the elder man condemned the Ngô family's behavior and disowned his daughter, Nhu's wife, Madame Nhu.

Nhu worked at Hanoi's National Library and in 1943, he married Trần Lệ Xuân, later known universally as " Madame Nhu ".

During this time, his wife Madame Nhu, herself a Catholic convert from Buddhism and the de facto first lady ( due to Diệm's bachelor life ), inflamed the situation by mockingly applauding the suicides of Thích Quảng Đức and others, referring to them as " barbecues ", while Nhu stated " if the Buddhists want to have another barbecue, I will be glad to supply the gasoline ".

A few days later, Madame Nhu said that the raids were " the happiest day in my life since we crushed the Binh Xuyên in 1955 ", and assailed the Buddhists as " communists ".

Trần Lệ Xuân ( 22 August 1924 – 24 April 2011 ), popularly known as Madame Nhu, was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963.

Historian A. J. Langguth wrote that Madame Nhu had " delicate features, a flirtatious manner and a tiny but voluptuous figure ".

Madame Nhu was influential on government policy and, since her brother-in-law, Ngô Đình Diệm, was unmarried, she was regarded as the First Lady of South Vietnam.

Madame Nhu frequently talked to the Vietnamese, French and foreign press quite candidly.

As shown in a following paragraph being used to defame Madam Nhu: " Madame Nhu was chauffeured in a black Mercedes and wore a small diamond crucifix.

During her brother-in-law's presidency, Madame Nhu pushed for the passing of " morality laws " outlawing abortion, adultery, divorce, contraceptives, dance halls, beauty pageants, boxing matches, and animal fighting, and closed down the brothels and opium dens.

Her family received further scorn as her sister, Trần Lệ Chi, who was married to Nguyển Hữu Châu had a French lover named Etienne Oggeri, and critics alleged that Madame Nhu introduced the laws so that her sister's husband could not get a divorce.

Madame Nhu exerted influence with her fiery attitude, often abusing Diệm and Nhu, who bowed to her angry tirades.

Madame Nhu was frequently mocked by the media for her ostentatious flaunting of power, and was sometimes called the " Dragon Lady ", as well as " Lucretia Borgia " and " Queen Bee ".

" U. S. Defense Secretary McNamara noted that " I saw Madame Nhu as bright, forceful, and beautiful, but also diabolical and scheming -- a true sorceress.

" French journalist Francois Sully wrote that Madame Nhu was " conceited, and obsessed with a drive for power that far surpasses that of even her husband ...

It is no exaggeration to say that Madame Nhu is the most detested personality in South Vietnam.

Madame Nhu claimed that she and her husband were responsible for Diệm's triumph over the Bình Xuyên in the Battle for Saigon in 1954.

He proudly wore the blue livery of her house, for the girl was Madame Delphine Lalaurie, wife of the prominent surgeon, Dr. Louis Lalaurie, who bore one of the South's oldest and most cherished names.

During and after World War II, Chiang and his American-educated wife Soong May-ling, known in the United States as " Madame Chiang ", held the support of the United States ' China Lobby, which saw in them the hope of a Christian and democratic China.

Later she would become a close friend with the devout Françoise d ' Aubigné, better known as Madame de Maintenon, the lady-in-waiting who would later become the second wife of Louis XIV.

Soong May-ling or Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang (; March 5, 1898 – October 23, 2003 ) was a First Lady of the Republic of China ( ROC ), the wife of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Madame Chiang with Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell in 1942, Burma.

Ney agrees, eager to earn the respect of the court, who just the day before insulted his " low birth " wife by addressing her as " Madame " despite her title.

* May 4 – Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, youngest daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, wife of Philippe d ' Orléans, le Régent ( d. 1749 )

His wife, reckoned one of the most beautiful women of the day, became an accomplished salon hostess as Madame de Condorcet, and also an accomplished translator of Thomas Paine and Adam Smith.

" The Italians were expelled from France in 1697 for satirizing King Louis XIV's second wife, Madame de Maintenon, but returned in 1716 ( after his death ), when Tommaso Antonio Vicentini (" Thomassin ", 1682 – 1739 ) became famous in the part.

It includes: Henrietta Maria of France ( died 1669 ), exiled Queen of England ; Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, founder of the House of Orléans ; his first wife Henrietta Anne Stuart | Princess Henriette ( died 1670 ); the couples first daughter Marie Louise d ' Orléans ( 1662 – 1689 ) | Marie Louise d ' Orléans ( later Queen of Spain ); Anne of Austria ( died 1666 ); the Orléans daughters of Gaston, Duke of Orléans | Gaston de France ; Louis XIV ; the Dauphin of France with his wife Maria Theresa of Spain with her third daughter Princess Marie-Thérèse of France ( 1667 – 1672 ) | Marie-Thérèse de France, called Madame Royale ( died 1672 ) and her second son Philippe-Charles de France, duc d ' Anjou ( d1671 ).

On 5 October, a mob from Paris descended upon Versailles and forced the royal family, along with the comte de Provence, his wife and Madame Elisabeth, to move to Paris under the watchful eye of the Garde Nationale.

Other personalities who were attracted by his talks were American poets Harriet Monroe and Ella Wheeler Wilcox ; Dr. Lewis G. Janes, president of Brooklyn Ethical Association ; Sara C. Bull, wife of Ole Bull, the Norwegian violinist ; Sarah Bernhardt, the French actress and Madame Emma Calvé, the French opera singer.

In secret marriage, Louis XIV wed his second wife, Madame de Maintenon, in 1683 ; Louis the Grand Dauphin wed Marie Émilie de Joly de Choin in 1695 ; Anne Marie d ' Orléans ( La Grande Mademoiselle ) wed Antoine, Duke of Lauzun in 1682 ; and Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans wed the Marquise de Montesson in 1773.

Louis XVIII ordered his wife to attend the marriage ceremony in Courland without her long-time friend ( and rumoured lover ) Madame de Gourbillon.

The bodies of the beheaded King Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette of Austria, and his sister Madame Élisabeth were not initially buried in Saint-Denis, but rather in the churchyard of the Madeleine, where they were covered with quicklime.

Megure / Maigret's wife was played by Tomomi Sato, who earned the praises of Simenon himself: " The best ' Madame Maigret ' in my opinion, even including the French ones, was the ' Madame Maigret ' on Japanese television.

English readers were familiar with Mother Hubbard, already a stock figure when Edmund Spenser published his satire " Mother Hubbard's tale ", 1590 ; with the superstitious advice on getting a husband or a wife of " Mother Bunch ", who was credited with the fairy stories of Madame d ' Aulnoy when they first appeared in English.

Philippe's wife, the proud Françoise Marie de Bourbon, youngest daughter of Madame de Montespan, by François de Troy.

Madame Nhu publicly mocked Thích Quảng Đức, who performed a self-immolation on 11 June 1963, in a crowded Saigon street to protest against the shooting of Buddhists by Diệm's regime.

The Dauphin died the same day, 8 March 1712 while his younger brother, the Duke of Anjou, was personally treated by his governess, Madame de Ventadour, who forbade any bloodletting.

The king found love with Madame de Mailly, then with her younger sister Madame de Vintimille, then at her death with yet another sister Marie-Anne de Mailly, while the queen took refuge in religion and charities.

Dena Goodman states, " Indeed, the history of the eighteenth century salon is a history of female apprenticeships, where younger women, such as Madame Geoffrin learned from older women, such as Madame de Tencin, and Julie de Lespinasse and Suzanne Necker learned in turn from Madame Geoffrin.

The relationship lasted ten years until 1764, when Madame du Deffand became jealous of the younger woman's increasing influence and a violent quarrel resulted.

* Madame Gaillard – She has no sense of smell, due to being hit across the face with a poker in her younger years, so she does not know that Grenouille has no scent.

Raoul and Etienne Pontellier ( Leonce and Edna's sons ), Alphonse Ratignolle ( Adele's husband ), Janet ( Edna's younger sister ), Margaret ( Edna's older sister ), Mariequita ( Robert's previous lover ), Madame Antoine ( whose house Edna sleeps ), Tonie ( Madame Antonie's son ), the Colonel ( Edna's father ), Mrs. Highcamp, Miss Mayblunt, Mr. Gouvernail ( Miss Mayblunt's companion at Edna's farewell dinner ), Celestine ( Edna's servant ), Farival Twins, Madame Lebrun, Victor Lebrun, Dr. Mandelet, the lovers ( at Grand Isle ), and the lady in black ( at Grand Isle ).

He eventually decided upon the younger sister of both Madame de Mailly and Madame de Ventimille, Marie Anne, the widow of the marquis de La Tournelle.

Madame Devries meets and has a fleeting affair with a younger man, Jean-Baptiste Le Guen, a lieutenant in the French Navy.

He eventually decided upon the younger sister of both Madame de Mailly and Madame de Vintimille, Marie Anne, the widow of the marquis de La Tournelle.

The two younger Ninas called the oldest " Queenie ", and White's colleagues called her " Madame Senator ".

In 1993, she appeared as the White Snake in Tsui Hark's Green Snake, a revision of the Madame White Snake legend told from the perspective of the younger Green Snake, though White Snake remains the romantic lead.

The king's next younger brother, also a fils de France, was known simply as Monsieur, and his wife as Madame.

She preferred being called Madame Première, to distinguish herself from her younger twin, Henriette-Anne of France ( 1727 – 1752 ), who was referred to as Madame Seconde.

She became the head of the group of the three unmarried, younger sisters who survived into adulthood ; the others were Madame Victoire and Madame Sophie.

Madame de Mailly did not use her new position at court to enrich herself or to interfere in politics, unlike her younger sister Marie Anne, who proved to be quite a successful political intriguer.