Angélique Victoire, Comtesse de Chastellux
Angélique Victoire de Durfort | |
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Comtesse de Chastellux | |
Born | 2 December 1752 |
Died | 14 November 1816 Paris, France | (aged 63)
Noble family | Durfort |
Husband | Henri Georges César |
Father | Aymeric Joseph de Durfort |
Mother | Anne-Marie de La Faurie de Monbadan |
Angélique Victoire de Durfort-Civrac (2 December 1752 – 14 November 1816), Countess of Chastellux, was a French
Life
She was born to Aimeric Joseph de Durfort-Civrac , duc de Civrac, and Anne-Marie de La Faurie de Monbadan (1720-1786). She was the sibling of Jean-Laurent de Durfort-Civrac duc de Lorges (1746–1826), and the Marquise de Donnissan (1747–1839), mother of the memoirist Victoire de Donnissan, marquise de La Rochejaquelein.
Her mother served as Dame surnuméraire de Mesdames les cadettes (Lady-in-waiting to the princesses Victoire, Sophie & Louise) in 1751–56,
After her wedding, she was appointed dame pour accompagner to Princess Victoire. After the death of her mother in 1786, she succeeded her as dame d'honneur to Princess Victoire, whilst her husband was named gentleman-in-waiting. With her
In February 1791, after the French Revolution, she belonged to the large retinue that accompanied Victoire and her sister Adelaide from France to Rome.[1] She was accompanied by her spouse and children. During their stay in Rome in 1791–96, the court of the Mesdames were divided in two rival fractions led by the head lady-in-waiting of Madame Victoire, de Chastellux, and her colleague in the court of Madame Adelaide, Françoise de Chalus, who were called the Narbonne fraction and the Chastellux fraction.[1]
She returned to Paris in 1811 where she died, aged 63.
See also
References
- ^ a b Boigne, Louise-Eléonore-Charlotte-Adélaide d'Osmond, Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne (1781-1814), London, Heinemann, 1907
Sources
- Casimir Stryenski, The Daughters of Louis XV (1912)
- Welvert Eugene, Autour d'une dame d'honneur