Joséphine Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, Marquise de Castellane (29 December 1820 12 October 1890) was a French noblewoman.
Early life
Joséphine Pauline was born in Paris on 29 December 1820. She was the third legitimate child of the
Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord
Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, 2nd Duke of Talleyrand, 2nd Duke of Dino (1 August 1787 – 14 May 1872), was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars.
Early life
He was born in Paris, the son of Archambaud de Talleyrand-Périgord (1762–1838) an ...
, the 2nd
Duke of Dino
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The title referred to Dino, Calabria, the island of Dino in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off Praia a Mare in Calabria. It was crea ...
and
Princess Dorothea of Courland
Dorothea von Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Dino, Duchess of Talleyrand and Duchess of Sagan, known as Dorothée de Courlande or Dorothée de Dino (21 August 1793 – 19 September 1862), was a Baltic German noblewoman, and the ruling Du ...
, the Duchess of Dino. She is often thought to have in fact been fathered by Edmund's uncle,
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, prince of Bénévent. She grew up in Talleyrand's ''
hôtel particulier
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'' on rue Saint-Florentin, was nicknamed "angel of the house" and "my dear Minette" by him, and held a great affection for him throughout her life.
Her siblings were
Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord
Napoléon-Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord, duc de Valençay, 3rd duc de Talleyrand-Périgord (12 March 1811 – 21 March 1898) was a French aristocrat, soldier and politician.
Early life
He was born at Paris on 12 March 1811, the son of the general ...
, 3rd Duke of Talleyrand, Duke of Valençay (father of
Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord
Charles Guillaume Frédéric Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord (16 May 1832 – 21 February 1910), prince of Sagan (from 1845), duke of Sagan and duke of Talleyrand (from 1898) was a famous French dandy, and the grandson of Dorothea von Biron.
Earl ...
), Dorothée de Talleyrand-Périgord, who died young, and Alexandre Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, who married
Valentine de Sainte-Aldegonde Marie ''Valentine'' Joséphine de Sainte-Aldegonde, Duchess of Dino (29 May 182023 September 1891) was the wife of Alexandre Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, 3rd Duke of Dino, and mistress of Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato.
...
(the parents of
Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th Duke of Dino, 2nd Marquis de Talleyrand (25 January 1843 – 5 January 1917) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and author who married two different American heiresses.
Early life
He was born on ...
).
Personal life
In 1839, Pauline de
Talleyrand-Périgord married
Henri de Castellane
Henri Charles Louis Boniface, Marquis de Castellane (23 September 1814, Paris – 16 October 1847, château de Rochecotte) was a French politician and nobleman.
Early life
He was the eldest son of marshal Boniface de Castellane.
Personal life
H ...
(1814–1847), eldest son of the
marshal de Castellane.
Together, they were the parents of:
*
Marie Dorothée Élisabeth de Castellane (1840–1915), who married Prince
Antoni Fryderyk Wilhelm Radziwiłł (1833–1904), a grandson of Prince
Antoni Radziwiłł
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and
Princess Louise of Prussia
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.
*
Antoine de Castellane, Marquis de Castellane (1844–1917), who married Madeleine Le Clerc de Juigné.
Widowed in 1847, she spent the rest of her life at the
château de Rochecotte (Indre-et-Loire), which she was given by her mother. A great friend of
Félix Dupanloup
Mgr. Félix Antoine Philibert Dupanloup (3 January 180211 October 1878) was a French ecclesiastic. He was among the leaders of Liberal Catholicism in France.
Biography
Dupanloup was born at Saint-Félix, in Haute-Savoie, an illegitimate son of ...
,
bishop of Orléans
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
, she lived a simple and devout life until her death on 12 October 1890.
Descendants
Through her daughter, she was the grandmother of Prince Jerzy "Georg"
Radziwill (1860–1914), Princess Elisabeth Radziwill (1861–1950), Princess Helena Radziwill (1874–1958), and Prince Stanislas Radziwill (1880–1920).
Through her son Antoine, she was the grandmother of
Boni de Castellane
Marie Ernest Paul Boniface de Castellane, Marquis de Castellane (February 14, 1867 – October 20, 1932), known as Boni de Castellane, was a French nobleman and politician. He was known as a leading '' Belle Époque'' tastemaker and the first hus ...
who was known as a leading ''
Belle Époque
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'' tastemaker and the first husband of American railroad heiress
Anna Gould
Anna Gould (June 5, 1875 – November 30, 1961) was an American socialite and heiress as a daughter of financier Jay Gould.
Early life
Anna Gould was born on June 5, 1875, in New York City. She was the daughter of Jay Gould (1836–1892) and ...
(the daughter of
Jay Gould
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) on 14 March 1895 in
New York City
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. They divorced in 1906, after de Castellane had spent about $10 million of the money given to Anna by her father upon marriage, Anna married his cousin,
Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Sagan, 5th duc de Talleyrand, in 1908.
She was also the grandmother of
Jean de Castellane
Jean de Castellane (24 April 1868 – 13 September 1965) was a French politician and member of the house of Castellane. In 1898 he married Dorothée de Talleyrand-Périgord. He was born and died in Paris.
Life
He was the second son of Antoine ...
(1868–1965) who in 1898 married
Dolly de Talleyrand, Jacques (1870–1876), who died young, and
Stanislas de Castellane
Stanislas de Castellane (15 October 1875 - 4 July 1959) was a French politician, representing Cantal in parliament several times between 1902 and 1940.
Biography
He was born in Juigné-sur-Sarthe, the youngest son of Antoine de Castellane a ...
(1875–1959) who married Natalia Terry y Sanchez (sister of architect
Emilio Terry Emilio Rene Terry y Sánchez (1890–1969), known as Emilio Terry was a French architect, artist, interior decorator and landscape designer of Cuban-Irish ancestry. Creating furniture, tapestries and objets d'art, he was influenced by the château d ...
) in 1901.
References
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1820 births
1890 deaths
19th-century French people
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