Madame de Thèbes

Madame de Thèbes is the pseudonym of two fortunetellers living in Europe between the late nineteenth century and the end of World War II.

[1] The usage of the name has also entered popular culture, which includes characters based loosely on the life experiences of the historical figures.

The name was suggested by French writer and playwright Alexandre Dumas fils to Anne-Victorine Savigny with inspiration from his psychological drama La Route de Thèbes about a mysterious woman, which was his final work and was never finished.

Savigny's clientele include luminaries such as Marcel Proust and Queen Natalie of Serbia, among others.

[10][11][12] She died in Paris in 1916 at the age of 73 in her country home and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery.