Her Husband Put Her Dead Body in Embalming Fluid to Admire Her Forever

The story of the French courtesan la Païva, the gold digger queen

Esther Lachmann alias Thérèse Lachmann, later marquise de Païva and her tiara— Image courtesy of Wikimedia

While most courtesans ended up penniless, this was not the case for Esther Lachmann. Born on May 7th, 1819, in Moscow, Russia, Lachmann was the most famous courtesan of her time. Also known as La Païva, she was the daughter of Martin…