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Aglaé De Gramont
Aglaé de Gramont (Aglaé Angélique Gabrielle; 17 January 1787 – 21 January 1842) was a French noblewoman, aristocrat, socialite, and the addressee of the poems of Alexander Pushkin. Biography Birth and background Aglaé Angélique Gabrielle de Gramont was born on 17 January 1787, at Versailles. Her parents, Aglaé de Polignac and Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, 8th Duke of Gramont married on 11 July 1780. Her maternal grandparents, Yolande de Polastron, courtier and favourite of Marie Antoinette, and Jules de Polignac, 1st Duke of Polignac were of noble origin. Her maternal great-grandparents, Diane Adélaïde Zéphirine Mancini and Louis Heraclius de Polignac descended from the House of Noailles. Early life Following the outset of the French Revolution, Aglaé and her family fled to Edinburgh, Scotland, where they lived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. On 30 March 1803 her mother, aged 34, died in an accidental house fire in her apartment at eight o'clock in the morni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aglaé De Polignac
Aglaé Louise Françoise Gabrielle de Polignac (7 May 1768 – 30 March 1803) was the daughter of Yolande de Polastron, Gabrielle de Polastron, the favourite and confidante of Marie Antoinette, and her husband, the Jules, 1st Duke of Polignac, 1st ''duc de Polignac''. Life Aglaé was born in Paris in ''1768'', her parents were Count, Comte and Comtesse Jules ''de Polignac''. Her paternal grandparents were Marquis Louis Héracle Melchior de Polignac (1717–1792) and his wife, Diane Marie Adelaide Zephirine Mazzarini-Mancini (1726–1755). Her maternal grandparents were Jean François Gabriel, ''comte de Polastron'', and his wife, Jeanne Charlotte Hérault. Aglaé Louise was born at the Château de Versailles in Paris, France, the eldest child and only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Polignac. She had three brothers: Armand Jules Marie Héracle, duc de Polignac (11 January 1771 – 1 March 1847); Jules de Polignac (1780–1847), Jules Auguste Armand Marie, prince de Polignac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
