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Marie-Louise Bernede
Marie-Louise Bernede
Bernede (left) at the age of 110.
Birth: 6 April 1894
Parentis-en-Born, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Death: 11 December 2005
Mimizan, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Age: 111 years, 249 days
Country: FranceFRA
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Marie-Louise Bernede [French: Bernède] (née Bourdens; 6 April 1894 – 11 December 2005) was a French supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography[]

Marie-Louise Bernede was born in Parentis-en-Born, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France on 6 April 1894. Her parents were Jean Bourdens (1862–?) and Jeanne Cazaux (1870–?).

On 21 May 1914, she married Louis Bernede (1890–1978) in Parentis-en-Born. They had at least two children: Genevieve and Jules.

Bernede's age was verified by Laurent Toussaint, and validated by the GRG on 24 July 2004.

Marie-Louise Bernede died in Mimizan, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France on 11 December 2005 at the age of 111 years, 249 days. At the time of her death, she was the fifth-oldest person in France, after Camille Loiseau, Lucie Pere-Pucheu, Marie-Simone Capony, and Marie Mornet.

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