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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.
L'impératrice Eugénie - Une vie politique
' The ladies-in-waiting consisted of: * ''Grand-Maitresse'': Anne Debelle * '' Dame d'honneur'': Pauline Marie Ghislaine * ''Dame du Palais'':
Recollections of the court of the Tuileries
' (1890) Claire belonged to the personal friends of the empress from her upbringing in Spain. Claire was a social success in the Parisian high society life, and was described as a beauty with an "ever lovely expression" and as "the most pleasant woman in Paris".Seward, Desmond: Eugénie. An empress and her empire. (2004) She was a celebrated society hostess, and her home quickly became known as the meeting place of the Second Empire high society in Paris, which foreign princes frequented when visiting Paris.
She belongs to the ladies-in-waiting depicted with Eugenie in the famous painting ''
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 life
Born on 24 October 1817, Claire Emilie MacDonell was the daughter of Hugh MacDonell and Ida Louise Ulrich. In 1841, Claire married Alexandre Aguado Moreno (1813–1861); the Marquis de Las Marismas de Guadalquivir. Alexandre died in a mental asylum, and Claire soon remarried her former brother-in-law, Onésipe Aguado, Vicomte Aguado (1830–1893), in 1863.Lady-in-waiting
After the introduction of the Second Empire and the marriage ofEmperor Napoleon III
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to Eugénie de Montijo
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, Claire Emilie was appointed lady-in-waiting (''dame du Palais'') to the new empress in 1853, and would continue to serve until 1870. Maxime Michelet: L'impératrice Eugénie - Une vie politique
' The ladies-in-waiting consisted of: * ''Grand-Maitresse'': Anne Debelle * '' Dame d'honneur'': Pauline Marie Ghislaine * ''Dame du Palais'':
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Life
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Life
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* ''Dame du Palais'': Claire Emilie
Those of the ''dame du Palais'' rank were selected among the acquaintances to Eugénie prior to her marriage, and who alternated in pairs fulfilling the daily duties.Carette Madame: Recollections of the court of the Tuileries
' (1890) Claire belonged to the personal friends of the empress from her upbringing in Spain. Claire was a social success in the Parisian high society life, and was described as a beauty with an "ever lovely expression" and as "the most pleasant woman in Paris".Seward, Desmond: Eugénie. An empress and her empire. (2004) She was a celebrated society hostess, and her home quickly became known as the meeting place of the Second Empire high society in Paris, which foreign princes frequented when visiting Paris.
Later life
After the fall of the Empire, she retired from high society life as her loyalty to the former empress made her feel it to be disloyal to participate in society life under a new administration. Claire Emilie died on 23 April 1905 inParis
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, France, at the age of 87.
Legacy
She belongs to the ladies-in-waiting depicted with Eugenie in the famous painting ''Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting
''Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting'' is an oil on canvas painting by the German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter completed in 1855. It features depictions of the empress of France, Eugénie de Montijo, and eight of her ladies-i ...
'' by Franz Xaver Winterhalter from 1855. Her daughter, Carmen Aguado, was also subject of a portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
References
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