On August 5, an Immortal disappeared. Academician Hélène Carrère d’Encausse passed away at the age of 94, peacefully surrounded by his familye”, according to his three children (the host Marina, the lawyer Nathalie and the writer Emmanuel) in a press release relayed by AFP. A “major historian”commented Emmanuel Macron, who will go down in history as the “first woman Permanent Secretary of the French Academy”. The day after his death, the Élysée announced to LCI holding a national tribute chaired by the Head of State in the courtyard of the Invalides “before the end of the summer”. The first more “intimate” farewells were organized this morning at 10:30 a.m. in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church in Paris.
The emotion was palpable this morning at the funeral of Hélène Carrère d’Encausse. The family of the Academician was of course present to bid him farewell. Starting with the father of her children, Louis Carrère d’Encausse, particularly hard hit in his wheelchair. His daughter, Marina, gave him his support, a gesture immortalized by the photographers present during the ceremony. The pictures reveal a host full of dignity despite the tears behind his mother’s coffin. Funerals to which were also invited members of the French Academy and crowned heads, including the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Maria Teresa.
Marina Carrère d’Encausse comes out of the silence
In mourning, Marina Carrère d’Encausse expressed her immense sorrow on Instagram. ” What an ordeal to lose your mother. I will not be able to thank you all personally, but I would like you to know how touched I was by your messages”, she wrote the day before the funeral. And to add: “Your thoughts will be with me and help me tomorrow on this difficult day. Thank you for that. I kiss you “.
A poignant message immediately commented on by his followers: ” All my thoughts dear Marina and yes what an ordeal”, “Thoughts for your wonderful mother and tenderness for you”, “All my condolences for the departure of your mother who will have marked her time and mine”…