Maria Hardouin
Maria Hardouin | |
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Princess consort of Montenevoso | |
Born | Rome, Papal States | 30 January 1864
Died | 18 January 1954 Gardone Riviera, Italy | (aged 89)
Buried | Vittoriale degli italiani |
Spouse(s) |
Maria Hardouin of the Dukes of Gallese D'Annunzio, princess consort of Montenevoso (30 January 1864 – 18 January 1954) was an Italian noblewoman, first and only wife of Gabriele D'Annunzio.[1]
Biography
Daughter of Duke Giulio Hardouin of Gallese and Natalia Lezzani, she met D'Annunzio in 1883. The relationship was opposed by her family, due to the difference in class between the two. D'Annunzio continued to see Maria secretly, until the "sin of May" (Italian: peccato di maggio) and the escape of the two to Florence, which the Italian newspapers reported.[2]
The compromised situation of Maria, pregnant, forced her father to agree to a
- Mario, the eldest, born in Pescara (1884–1964);
- Gabriellino;
- Ugo Veniero
After the first years spent in Abruzzo, the couple returned to Rome, thanks to the mediation of D'Annunzio's mother-in-law Natalia di Gallese, who found D'Annunzio a job as an editor. D'Annunzio went to live in a modest house, but allowed himself expensive luxuries and had new affairs, starting to make debts. In 1890 Maria effectively separated from her spouse and, in order to preserve part of her family fortune, she filed for separation four years later. Later she moved to Paris where she got to know the poet Robert de Montesquiou. Despite his repeated betrayals, she always remained legally married to D'Annunzio, with whom she maintained good relations.[3][4]
At the end of the
References
- ^ a b "D'Annùnzio, Gabriele". Treccani.
- ^ Turchetta, Gianni (1990). Gabriele D'Annunzio. Morano. p. 11.
- ^ a b "MARIA HARDOUIN DI GALLESE E GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO". www.vittoriale.it. Fondazione Vittoriale degli Italiani.
- ^ "Cercava in D'Annunzio amore e poesia Trovò solo sofferenze". Il Piccolo. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ Baldi, Ugo. "Domenica a Gallese si parla di Maria Hardouin, moglie di Gabriele D'Annunzio". Il Messaggero. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "MARIA HARDOUIN, MOGLIE DI GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO". La Dolce Vita 4.0. 8 May 2018.