Editing Catulle Mendès (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:The Daughters of Catulle Mendès, Huguette (1871–1964), Claudine (1876–1937), and Helyonne (1879–1955).jpg|thumb|A portrait of Mendès' daughters, Huguette, Claudine, and Helyonne, by [[Auguste Renoir]], 1888, at [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]]]]
In 1866, Mendès married [[Judith Gautier]], the younger daughter of his mentor Théophile. They soon separated, and in 1869 he began cohabiting with the composer [[Augusta Holmès]] with whom he had five children, including:<ref>{{cite web|title=Auguste Renoir {{!}} The Daughters of Catulle Mendès, Huguette (1871–1964), Claudine (1876–1937), and Helyonne (1879–1955) {{!}} The Met|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438014?sortBy=Relevance&amp;ao=on&amp;ft=rothschild&amp;offset=0&amp;rpp=100&amp;pos=32|website=metmuseum.org|publisher=[[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]]|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref>
* Huguette Mendès (1871–1964)
* Claudine Mendès (1876–1937)
* Helyonne Mendès (1879–1955)
The couple parted in 1886, and he later married the poet [[Jeanne Mette]], who was to be his last companion.<ref name="iesxunqueira2">{{cite web|url=http://www.iesxunqueira1.com/mendes/biografia.htm |title=Biografía de Catulle Mendès |publisher=Iesxunqueira1.com |date= |accessdate=13 December 2013}}</ref>

===Death===
Early on the morning of 8 February 1909, the body of Mendès was discovered in the railway tunnel of [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye|Saint Germain]]. He had left Paris by the midnight train on the 7th, and it is supposed that, thinking he had arrived at the station, he had opened the door of his compartment while still in the tunnel,<ref name="EB1911"/> although some biographers have suggested suicide. His body was interred at the [[Montparnasse Cemetery]].<ref name="iesxunqueira2"/>