Anne-Marie Chassaigne was born in La Flèche in 1869.
She married Armand Pourpre from whom she divorced then married the prince Ghika. She had a son, Marc Pourpre.

People she loved.
The Prince of Wales, Nathalie Barney.
It is difficult to differentiate her protectors and her admirers from her lovers: the son of president Mac Mahon, Pierre de Nolhac, Henri Meilhac, D’Annunzio, Maurice de Rothschild or again the king of Portugal…

Liane de Pougy was a friend of Mademoiselle Baker. Their flightiness, a characteristic of the actress, poetess and courtesan is legendary.

But behind the mask was hidden the real woman that Camille liked to see appear when they were far from the stage, and the Domain Saint Clair.

This comfortable room with a baldaquin bed gives onto the sea of Etretat and onto the valley of this beautifully green Normandy. The bedroom is equipped with a jet showerspray. This room is ideal for a romantic night.

Born in Paris on 8th August 1878 to Felicien de Bosquet d’Yeuval and Liane de Minguet d’Estives.

His love affairs were numerous and incalculable. Can one believe that there was ever a time when he was in love? His new conquests were Mademoiselle Baker and Liane de Pougy. He dabbled in being a producer.

His friends
Nadar was his true friend. His repertoire was full but in fact he had very few friends. Monsieur Paul met Camille de Saint-Phale and Sarah Bernhardt during a séance of photographs at Nadar’s in Paris. He was then accompanied by an actress, Mademoiselle Baker. Our foursome sympathised and undoubtedly Sarah abandoned herself for a time in the arms of Monsieur Paul. Camille invited the latter to stay at the Villa Saint Clair. Mademoiselle Baker rejoined him there a little later. They both went to and fro between Paris and Etretat.

The bedroom of the dandy is in the villa? It has a direct view onto the dungeon and a direct vista onto the vegetable garden.. The balneotherapy bath with background music is the ideal way to relax at the seaside.

Born Rose Darbaut at Vichy 15th September 1866 to Emile Darbaut and Violette Cressant, she took Eugénie Baker as her ‘stage name’.

She married Stefenson Vanderbilt in 1883 to whom she bore a son in 1884, Victor Vanderbilt who lived in New York., she divorced in 1896. She was never in love with her husband; this marriage was one of convenience. She was head over heels in love with Maurice Utrillo then aged twenty-four, finally with Monsieur Paul. They remained very independent of each other.

Her friends
Liane de Pougy and numerous actresses. Mademoiselle Baker met Camille de Saint-Phale and Sarah Bernhardt during a photo séance at Nadar’s in Paris. She was accompanied by her producer, Mr Paul. Our foursome became friends and Camille invited Monsieur Paul to stay at the villa Saint Clair. Mademoiselle Baker joined him there a little later. They both went to and fro between Paris and Etretat.

Opposite Monsieur Paul’s, room, Mademoiselle Baker had the privilege of having a room giving onto the village, the sea and the cliffs of Etretat. The room gives equally onto the valley. It is equipped with a jetspray shower and chamber music.

Marcel was born at Loges (Etretat) 3rd January 1849 to Maurice Catel and Blanche Dubosc. Jeanne was born at Loges 16th November 1863 to Pierre Mathurin and Celeste Franet. She married Marcel Catel in 1882. They had no children.

When Camille de Saint-Phale bought the Villa Saint Clair in 1889, she invited the major Van Dongen to live near to her. After the death of Guy de Maupassant in 1893, Camille and the major found themselves very alone at Etretat and sought domestic servants, a couple preferentially. Going to the market in the area, Camille got to know Jeanne and Marcel Catel, an adorable couple of good Cauchois people.

Marel was taken on as a gardener and driver whilst Jeanne took up the post of stewardess and cook for the domain.

The room of Monsieur and Madame Catel gives onto the park, near to their bedroom is the vegetable garden. This bedroom is on the garden level, (accessible to people with reduced mobility) and is equipped with a balneotherapy bath and pleasant background music.

room Offenbach

Jacob Eberst was born in Cologne 20th June 1819. He married Herminie in 1843 who gave birth firstly to Berthe who married Charles Comte at Etretat in 1865 in grand style and secondly to Marie surnamed Mini who married M Brindejoint, the Mayor of Etretat. Jacques Offenback hosted fabulous parties at Etretat. Any pretext was good for partying: the marriage of his daughters, his silver wedding with Herminie, his wife or again the coming out of his latest creation as the “King Carrot”. This room had the particularity of having windows on each side of the room in the sense of the width of the room. With chamber music giving homage to Monsieur Offenbach, the room is equipped with a balneotherapy bath. This room communicates with Flaubert’s room for families.

Isadora Duncan was born in San Francisco 27th May 1878.

She married Serghei Iessenine in 1922. She had a daughter born in 1906 to E. Gordon Craig and a son in 1912 to the millionaire Singer.

Her two children drowned in 1913 through the negligence of the driver who hadn’t put the hand-brake of his car on properly.

Isadora natural and simple was friendly with Mademoiselle Baker sophisticated and complicated. They both shared moments at Etretat and Paris or during their numerous voyages around the world. When she came to the domain Saint Clair, Isadora brought grace and casualness to it. Camille de Saint-Phale appreciated her a lot for the authenticity she valued.

An independent entryway allows acceding to this room from outside on the side of the swimming-pool. The bathroom is under the room and music welcomes you as soon as you arrive in the room.

Marcel was born in Paris 10th July 1871.

The people he loved.
His mother, passionately; Reynaldo Hahn, the composer; Lucien Daudet, the son of Alphonse Alfred Agostinelli…

Marcel Proust was part of the ‘wild young men’ as Camille de Saint-Phale liked to call them. It was the elder Van Dongen, a friend of Anna de Noailles and Liane Pougy, older but still with it, who presented Marcel to Camille the owner of the Villa Saint Clair.

When this joyous crowd occupied the place, the domain was in effervescence and the nights were colourful.

This large room with its huge bed and its balneotherapy bath is in the heart of the dungeon with therefore little view of the outside but is absolutely charming..