Meet the woman who killed the President of France with a blowjob. Marguerite Steinheil was a socialite who was famous for her many affairs with very prominent Frenchmen. At the turn of the 20th Century, she became embroiled in international political scandals and once attempted to frame her manservant for the brutal murders of her husband and mother, a crime for which she was heavily implicated but never convicted.
However, it was her relationship with Félix Faure, seventh President of France, that caused her infamy. Steinheil was introduced to Faure at a social event and quickly became his mistress, often visiting his office at the Élysée Palace and disappearing with him into his private chambers.
One day, Steinheil rung urgently for the servants who entered to find Steinheil adjusting her clothing and Faure having a seizure on the sofa. Within a few hours he was dead. The story that emerged was that Steinheil had been performing oral sex on Faure when he suffered a fatal stroke. Undeniably a pretty awesome and quintessentially French way to go. The President's legacy lived on through a ship named after him, which ironically went down a few years later. Read the hilarious comments to the Quora story here.
Meanwhile, for anyone who loves a good historical crime drama, Paris Police 1900 is a limited-episode television series with an intriguing and often terrifying storyline. The first episode began in 1899 with Faure's death from heart failure while receiving a sexual favour from his mistress, Steinheil. And the story continues from there. I can't wait for it to be available here.
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