When she finally passed away, Valentine Ligny was one of the most popular supercentenarians. According to the reports, she was the second oldest person in France and the sixth oldest person in the world when she passed away,
French supercentenarian Valentine Ligny has passed away at 115 years. According to very credible resources, she was the second oldest person in her country when she left this world. She was born on the Avion, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France over a century ago.
She spent most of her time in her hometown before moving because of the second world war. She was one of the few people remaining who went through both world wars before she passed away.
Valentine Ligny Died- Age 115 Years Old
It has come to public attention that Valentine Lingy has passed away at 115 years old in very sad news. She was one of the very few remaining Supercentenarians. Supercentenarians are people who have already passed 110 years of age.
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4 Janvier 2022 (Mardi dernier):
C’est avec un profond chagrin que nous avons appris la disparition à 115 ans et 74 jours de Valentine Ligny, supercentenaire Française, vice-doyenne de France.
Nous lui avions souhaité ses 113, 114 et 115 ans respectivement entre 2019 et 2021 pic.twitter.com/d5LDssBzly— l’Histoire du jour© (@394Histoires) January 6, 2022
Valentine was born and brought up in the Avion region of France, where she spent most of her life before finally moving to Amiens because of the world war. She has sorrowful memories of the trying time the world went through because of the second WW.
Valentine Ligny Wikipedia and Biography Details
Since Valentine is very famous as the second eldest person in France, she is blessed with a Wikipedia section. The section is very brief and has a small explanation of the personal life of the french.
In her long life, Valentine went through a lot, so there are a lot of portals that cover her biography. She is one among the very few people alive who had seen both the world war, so she had a lot of painful memories to tell.
Who was Valentine Ligny’s Husband?
The bad thing about living long is that you have to say goodbyes to many loved ones; Valentine’s life was the same. She outlived a lot of her relatives, including her husband.
Valentine married Pierre Ligny in 1933 when she was twenty-seven years old. She and Pierre went through a lot as Pierre was once a prisoner in Amines Citadel. The couple was parents to three daughters; Nicole, Claudine, and Francoise.
?Très heureux de fêter, avec @ModesteChantal, les 111 ans de Valentine Ligny, doyenne des @hautsdefrance qui habite… au bout de ma rue ! pic.twitter.com/n7YZv2dgKj
— Jean-Yves Bourgois – Amiens (@JYB80) October 22, 2017
Later, Pierre passed away to save one of his nephews from drowning. He then left Valentine a long time filled with loneliness.
Valentine Ligny’s Family
Her family was based in the Avion, Pas-de-Calais region of France, born and spent her childhood. She stayed in her hometown for twenty-seven years before moving to Saint-Acheul, Amiens.
She then spent a lot of her time with her husband and three daughters in Amiens before evacuating for the second world war. After moving around a lot, the family finally returned to Amiens and settled there.