Carmen Aguado, Duchesse de Montmorency (

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Carmen-Ida-Marie; 28 June 1847 – 26 November 1880) was the only daughter of Alexandre Aguado Moreno and lady-in-waiting

Claire Emilie MacDonnel Claire Emilie MacDonell, Marquise de Las Marismas de Guadalquivir (24 October 1817 – 23 April 1905) was a courtier of the French imperial court. She served as lady-in-waiting to Empress Eugénie de Montijo from 1853 to 1870. Life Early l ...

. By marriage to Adalbert de Talleyrand Périgord, Duc de Montmorency, she was the Duchess of Montmorency. Carmen was the subject of a portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

Early life

Born on 28 June 1847, Carmen-Ida-Marie Aguado was the daughter of Alexandre Aguado and

. Claire was a lady-in-waiting to

Eugénie de Montijo ''Doña'' María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marchioness of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (), was Empress of the French from her marriage to Emperor Napo ...

, and Alexandre was a patient at a mental asylum. Carmen was their third and last child.

Personal life

On 2 June 1866, Carmen married Adalbert de Talleyrand-Périgord (1837 – 1915) and henceforth became Duchesse de Montmorency. Their marriage was short-lived, though Carmen was able to give birth to one child: *

Napoléon Louis Eugène Alexandre Anne Emmanuel de Talleyrand-Périgord Napoléon Louis Eugène Alexandre Anne Emmanuel de Talleyrand-Périgord (22 March 1867 – 26 September 1951), 8th Duke of Montmorency, was a French aristocrat and soldier. Early life He was born on 22 March 1867 in Paris, France. He was the only ...

(1867–1951); who became the 8th Duke of Montmorency. Carmen died on 26 November 1880, at the age of 33. Her death was most likely the effects of

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Portrait

In 1860, Carmen was the model for prominent artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter.{{Cite web , title=Trio of striking female portraits set to shine {{! Roseberys London , url=https://www.roseberys.co.uk/feature/Trio-of-striking-female-portraits-set-to-shine-/?i=141 , access-date=29 May 2022 , website=www.roseberys.co.uk

References

1847 births 1880 deaths 19th-century French people