Eugénie Blanchard

Who was Eugénie Blanchard?

Anne Eugénie Blanchard was a French-Saint Barthélemy supercentenarian, who at the age of 114 years, 261 days was the oldest living person at the time of her death. She became the recognised titleholder upon the death of Japanese supercentenarian Kama Chinen on 2 May 2010. At the time of her death, Blanchard was the 33rd oldest person ever verified, the 3rd oldest verified French person ever and the oldest verified person ever from the island of Saint Barthélemy, which is an overseas collectivity of France.