Countess Élaine Marie Joseph Charlotte de Greffulhe (19 March 1882 – 11 February 1958), who became the Duchess of Gramont by marriage, was a French aristocrat. She was a descendant of Hortense Mancini through her granddaughter's Pauline Félicité de Mailly son Charles de Vintimille, duc de Luc.
Élaine Greffulhe | |
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 Photograph taken by Nadar in 1900 | |
| Duchess of Gramont | |
| Tenure | 1925–11 February 1958 |
| Born | Élaine Marie Joseph Charlotte de Greffulhe 19 March 1882 Paris, French Third Republic |
| Died | 11 February 1958 Paris, France |
| Noble family | de Greffulhe |
| Spouse(s) | Armand de Gramont |
| Issue | Antoine Agénor Henri Armand de Gramont, 13th Duke of Gramont Comte Jean Armand Antoine de Gramont Comte Charles Louis Antoine Armand de Gramont Corisande Marguerite Elisabeth de Gramont |
| Father | Henry Greffulhe |
| Mother | Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay |
Early life
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Élaine was born on 19 March 1882 in Paris. She was the daughter, and heiress,[1] of Count Henry Greffulhe and his wife, Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay[2] (said to be a model for the Duchess of Guermantes in Marcel Proust’s novel, À la recherche du temps perdu).[3]
Personal life
editIn 1904, she married Armand de Gramont, who later became the 12th Duke of Gramont.[4] His parents were Agénor de Gramont, 11th Duke of Gramont and the former Marguerite de Rothschild.[5] A rare film clip may show Proust (in bowler hat and gray coat) at her wedding in 1904.[6] Proust’s wedding gift to the groom was apparently a revolver in a leather case inscribed with verses from her childhood poems.[7] Czar Nicholas II of Russia sent her a gift in honor of their 1904 marriage.[2] Together, Élaine and Armand were the parents of:[5]
- Antoine Agénor Henri Armand de Gramont, 13th Duke of Gramont (1907–1995), who married Odile Marguerite Marie Marthe Madeleine Sublet d'Heudicourt de Lenoncourt.[5]
- Comte Henri Armand Antoine de Gramont (1909–1994), who married Élisabeth Meunier du Houssoy, a daughter of Robert Meunier du Houssoy, in 1939.[8]
- Comte Jean Armand Antoine de Gramont (1909–1994), who married Ghislaine Meunier du Houssoy, also a daughter of Robert Meunier du Houssoy, in 1941.[8]
- Comte Charles Louis Antoine Armand de Gramont (b. 1911), who married Shermine Baras
- Comtesse Corisande Marguerite Elisabeth de Gramont (b. 1920), who married Comte Jean-Louis de Maigret.
Élaine died in Paris on 11 February 1958.[9]
References
edit- ^ Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. p. 725. ISBN 9780850110289. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b Weber, William; Press, Indiana University (2004). The Musician as Entrepreneur, 1700-1914: Managers, Charlatans, and Idealists. Indiana University Press. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-253-34456-4. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ Proust, Marcel; Kilmartin, Terence (1983). Selected Letters: 1904-1909. Collins. pp. 62, 112. ISBN 9780002170789. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ nationales (França), Archives; Huart, Suzanne d'; Tourtier-Bonazzi, Chantal de; Sibille, Claire (2004). État sommaire des fonds d'archives privées: séries AP (1 à 629 AP) et AB XIX (in French). Centre historique des Archives nationales. ISBN 978-2-86000-306-3. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Mension-Rigau, Eric (2011). L'ami du prince: Journal inédit d'Alfred de Gramont (1892-1915) (in French). Fayard. pp. 224, 243. ISBN 978-2-213-66502-3. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ Link to film clip
- ^ Ha, Thu-Huong (February 16, 2017). "Scholars think they've spotted Marcel Proust in film for the first time—in 110-year-old wedding footage". Quartz. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b Morgan, Ted (1972). The Way Up: The Memoirs of Count Gramont; a Novel. Putnam. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-399-10978-2. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Weber, Caroline (2018). Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siecle Paris. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-96179-2. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
External links
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