Madeline is a young French character from a book of the same name, which was made into a movie.
-- Anonymous User 8/10/2006
In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher", Madeleine Usher is buried alive with her brother's knowledge but escapes the grave only to die in his arms.
Madeleine is a song by Jacques Brel. Madeleine is a lover who never shows up and is said to be too good for the protagonist but he still continues to wait for her every week.
Madeleine is a small plain sponge cake, sometimes coated with jam and rolled in coconut, topped with a glacé cherry. It was probably named for a 19th-century French pastry cook named Madeleine Paulmier. However, conflicting reports say that Madeleine Paulmier was an 18th-century cook for Stanisław Leszczyński, whose son-in-law, Louis XV of France, named them for her. The cakes are remembered for their association with the Marcel Proust novel 'À la recherche du temps perdu.'
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine; born 10 June 1982) is the youngest child and second daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
-- Anonymous User 9/30/2008
Madeleine McCann, that adorable little girl who went missing. It's unfortunate people are so evil.
-- Anonymous User 3/16/2009
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was a famous American author.
-- Anonymous User 3/28/2012
Madeleine Astor was the wife of millionaire John Jacob Astor IV. The two were first-class passengers on the RMS Titanic. Madeleine, who was pregnant at the time, survived the sinking. Her husband didn't make it, though.
Madeleine of Valois (1520-1537), daughter of King Francis I of France and his wife Claude of Brittany. She was married to James V of Scotland, but died age 16.