CAMPAN, JEANNE LOUISE HENRIETTE (1752 French educator, the companion of Marie Antoinette, was born in Paris. She was appointed reader to the daughters of Louis XV., and of ter the sacking of the Tuileries in June 1792 supported herself by establishing a school at St. Germain. The patronage of Hortense de Beauharnais led to Mme. Campan's be coming directress of the academy founded by Napoleon at Ecouen for the education of the daughters and sisters of members of the Legion of Honour. The post was abolished at the restoration of the Bourbons. The most noteworthy thing in Madame Campan's system was the place given to domestic economy. Among her writings are Mernoires sur la vie privee de Marie Antoinette, suivis de souvenirs et anecdotes historiques sur les regnes de Louis (1823), and De l'Education des Femmes.
See Jules Flammermont, Les Memoires de Madame de Campan (1886).