Vitalie Rimbaud

Marie Catherine Vitalie Rimbaud née Cuif, was better known simply as Vitalie Rimbaud, and was the mother of the visionary poet, Arthur Rimbaud. She was born on 10 March 1825 and died on 16 November 1907. She met Captain Frédéric Rimbaud (1814-1878), a French infantry officer, in October 1852 and married him the following February. They had five children:

• Nicolas Frédéric ("Frédéric"), born 2 November 1853
• the poet, Jean Nicolas Arthur ("Arthur"), born 20 October 1854
• Victorine Pauline Vitalie, born 4 June 1857
• Jeanne Rosalie Vitalie ("Vitalie"), born 15 June 1858
• Frédérique Marie Isabelle ("Isabelle"), born 1 June 1860.