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Alexandre Gustave Bonickhausen Eiffel was born on 15 December 1832 in Dijon, the son of Alexandre Bönickhausen Eiffel and Catherine Mélanie Moneuse. 

On 7 April 1862, he married Marguerite Gaudelet, with whom he had five children between 1863 and 1873: three girls (Claire, Laure and Valentine) and two boys (Edouard and Albert).

He then had 12 grandchildren, then 12 great-grandchildren… today, we are about 70 living descendants!

To find out more about the following generations, click HERE to download our family tree.

Gustave Eiffel with his wife and children