Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1836-1840
DECAZES, Elie, Duc* (1780-1846). French politician.
DELAVIGNE, Casimir (1793-1843). Lyric and dramatic poet. He
entered the Academy in 1825. His Liberal ideas had brought him
into disgrace under the Restoration; King Louis-Philippe, then
Duc d'Orléans, extricated him from his troubles by making him
Librarian of the Palais Royal.
DEMERSON, the Abbé (1795-1872). A French priest who took orders in
1819 and was the incumbent of Saint Séverin, then of Saint
Germain l'Auxerrois from 1838 to 1850, when he was appointed to
Notre Dame de Paris.
DEMIDOFF, Count Anatole (1813-1870). Count Demidoff, Prince of San
Donato, married in 1841 Princess Mathilde, daughter of King
Jerome of Westphalia. She was called Princess Mathilde de
Montfort.
DENIS BARBIER. One of the servants of Pouch Lafarge. He forged
some notes of hand for his master, when the latter, who was an
incompetent man of business, came to Paris, and he remained his
agent.
DENMARK, King Frederick III. of (1768-1839). He succeeded his
father in 1815 and married the daughter of the landgrave of
Hesse Cassel.
DENMARK, Prince Christian of (1786-1848). This Prince married as
his first wife a Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, from whom he
was divorced. His second wife was Princess Caroline of
Schleswig-Holstein Augustenburg. By his first marriage he had a
son, Frederick, who succeeded him as Frederick VII.
DENMARK, Princess Christian of (1796-1881). The second wife of
Prince Christian, _née_ Princess of Schleswig-Holstein
Augustenburg.
DESJARDINS, the Abbé (1756-1833). Ordained in 1775, he was
Vicar-General of Bayeux, went into exile in England and
afterwards in America during the revolution and did not return
to France till 1802. He became superintendent of foreign
missions at Paris, when the Emperor Napoleon arrested him on
suspicion, imprisoned him at Vincennes and then exiled him to
Verceil. When he returned to France at the Restoration, he
refused the Bishopric of Blois in 1823 and that of Châlons in
1824, but was appointed Vicar-General at Paris.
DIEFFENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1794-1847). Famous Prussian oculist
who discovered the operation for curing squint. He died suddenly
in the operating room of the Charity Hospital at Berlin, of
which he was director from 1840.
DIESKAU, Mlle. Sidonie de. Died at a very advanced age. She lived
at Gera in Saxony, near Altenburg, and was a near neighbour of
the castle of Löbichau.
DINO, the Duc de (1813-1894). Known first under the name of Comte
Alexandre de Périgord,* he assumed this title in 1838 when his
father became Duc de Talleyrand.
DOHNA, Countess Marie (1805-1893). _Née_ Fräulein von Steinach,
she married in 1829 Count Dohna who for long years was landrat
at Sagan and held the estate of Kunzendorf in that
neighbourhood.
DOLOMIEU, the Marquise de* (1779-1849). Lady of Honour to Queen
Marie Amélie.
DON CARLOS OF BOURBON* (1788-1855). Second son of Charles IV. and
brother of Ferdinand VII., kings of Spain. After his brother's
death in 1833, he stirred up civil war in an attempt to seize
the throne.
DON FRANCISCO* (1794-1865). The Infanta of Spain. Married the
Infanta Carlotta.
DOSNE, M. First clerk in a banking house at Paris, he became a
stockbroker in 1816. After the July revolution he resigned and
became Receiver-General for Finistère, and four years later
Receiver-General for the North. He became Governor of the Bank
of France and one of the chief shareholders in the mines of
Anzin, and largely increased his fortune.
DOSNE, Mme. Wife of the stockbroker and mother of Mme. Thiers.
DOSNE, Mlle. Félicie. Sister of Mme. Thiers. A very religious
woman, she devoted her whole life to her sister and
brother-in-law and published in memory of M. Thiers in 1903,
some of his posthumous papers, under the title of "The
Occupation and Liberation of the Territory" (1871-1875). She
died soon afterwards at a very advanced age.
DOUDAN, Ximénès (1800-1872). At first tutor in the house of the
Duc de Broglie, he became chief of the political Cabinet of the
Duc, who held him in great esteem, and afterwards retained his
services as private secretary.
DUBOIS, M. Deputy of the Loire Inférieure and member of the Royal
Council of Education and director of the normal school.
DUCHÂTEL, Charles, Comte* (1803-1867). French politician.
DUFAURE, Jules Armand Stanislas (1798-1881). Lawyer and French
statesman. Appointed deputy in 1834, he joined the Liberal
Constitutional party; was Councillor of State in 1836 and
Minister of Public Works in 1839. He supported the Republic in
1848 and became Minister of the Interior, but held aloof from
politics under the Second Empire. In 1871 he became Minister of
Justice. He afterwards obtained a seat in the Senate and secured
the passing of the law of Guarantees.
DUPANLOUP, Félix Philibert (1802-1878). A most distinguished
priest, his early reputation was due to his famous catechisms.
After 1835 he became Vicar-General of the diocese of Paris and
Superior of the little seminary of Saint Nicholas. He then took
an active part in the discussions concerning the freedom of
education. In 1849 he was appointed Bishop of Orléans, was a
member of the Academy in 1854 and became famous for his defence
of the Papal Chair at the time of the Italian expedition. In
1869 he was present at the Council of Rome and returned to
Orleans, remaining with his flock during the war. After the
conclusion of peace he was appointed a member of the assembly by
his grateful people.
DUPIN, André Marie* (1783-1865). French lawyer and magistrate.
DUPREZ, Gilbert Louis (1806-1879). Famous French singer attached
to the Paris Opera for ten years. He had an incomparable tenor
voice.
DÜRER, Albert (1471-1528). Famous German painter and engraver with
a rich sense of colour and a clever and realistic touch. He
excelled in portraiture and the art of engraving was largely
improved by him.
DURHAM, Lord Lambton, Earl of* (1792-1840). English statesman.
DUVERGIER DE HAURANNE, Prosper (1798-1887). A French politician.
One of the leaders of the dynastic opposition under the July
monarchy and one of the organisers of the banquets in 1848. He
was a member of the anti-Napoleonic minority, and was imprisoned
and exiled after the _coup d'état_ of December 2, 1851, but was
able to return to France in 1862. He then abandoned active
politics and wrote a history of parliamentary government in
France, which secured his admission to the Academy in 1870, in
place of the Duc de Broglie.
E
EDOUARD. The famous lady's hairdresser at Paris under
Louis-Philippe.
ELIZABETH OF PRUSSIA, Queen (1801-1873). Daughter of King
Maximilian of Bavaria, she married in 1823 the Crown Prince of
Prussia, who ascended the throne in 1840 as Frederick William
IV. Queen Elizabeth became a widow in 1861 and afterwards lived
in retirement.
ELLICE, Mr. Edward* (1787-1863). English politician, son-in-law of
Lord Grey.
ELSSLER, Theresa (1806-1878). Famous German dancer. Made Baroness
of Barnim by King Frederick William IV. in 1850 on the occasion
of her marriage with Prince Adalbert of Prussia.
ELSSLER, Fanny (1810-1886). Sister of the foregoing and, like her,
a famous dancer. She appeared in every theatre in Europe and
America, and retired in 1845 to her fine estate near Hamburg.
She had acquired a large fortune.
EMMANUEL PHILIBERT, known as Ironhead (1528-1580). Duke of Savoy.
This prince entered the service of his uncle the Emperor Charles
Quint. He distinguished himself at the siege of Metz in 1552,
received command of the imperial army in 1553, and gained the
battle of Saint Quentin in 1557 for Philippe II. He recovered
his duchy of which Francis I. had deprived his father, in 1559
by the treaty of Cateau Cambrésis, and married Margaret of
France, sister of Henry II. His statue, the work of the sculptor
Marochetti, stands in the centre of the square of San Carlo at
Turin.
ENTRAIGUES, Amédée Goveau d'.* Born in 1785. Prefect of Tours. He
married a Princess Santa Croce, ward of the Prince de
Talleyrand.
ENTRAIGUES, Jules d'.* Born in 1787. Brother of the prefect, and
owner of the château of la Moustière, near Valençay.
EON DE BEAUMONT, Charles (1728-1810). Famous for the doubt
concerning his sex, as he appeared sometimes as the knight and
sometimes as the lady of Eon. He won distinction early in the
diplomatic career, and was for fourteen years the secret agent
of Louis XV. The revolution deprived him of his pension and
reduced him to giving fencing-lessons; and only through the help
of some friends did he escape poverty.
ESPARTERO, Joachim Baldomero (1792-1879). Enlisted in 1808, and
had a brilliant military career. He joined in the expedition to
Peru in 1825, and came back with a handsome fortune. On the
death of Ferdinand VII., he supported the Queen Regent, Maria
Christina. His success against the Carlists secured his
nomination in 1836 as commander-in-chief of the army of the
North and as Viceroy of Navarre. In 1840, when the Queen-Regent
had abdicated, the Cortes transferred the regency to Espartero,
but he was defeated in 1842, and retired to England till 1847.
In 1854 and 1868, he recovered his power for a short space of
time. In 1870, the Cortes offered him the crown, which he
refused in view of his great age and the want of an heir.
ESTERHAZY, Prince Paul* (1786-1866). Austrian Diplomatist.
EXELMANS, Isidore, Comte* (1775-1852). One of the most brilliant
generals of the Empire, who was made a peer of France and a
marshal under the July monarchy.
F
FAGEL, General Robert* (1772-1856). Dutch diplomatist.
FALK, Anton Reinhard* (1776-1843). Dutch diplomatist.
FÉNELON, François de Salignac de la Mothe- (1651-1715). Archbishop
of Cambrai and tutor to the Duc de Bourgogne. He adopted the
doctrines of the Quietists, and was vigorously opposed by
Bossuet. He was as great a writer as he was a preacher.
FERDINAND VII.* (1784-1833). Eldest son of King Charles IV. of
Spain and his successor. He was dethroned by Napoleon I. in
favour of his brother Joseph, but reascended the throne in 1814.
FERRUS, Guillaume Marie André (1784-1861). A French doctor. He
introduced some valuable reforms into the asylum at Bicêtre, of
which he was chief doctor. In 1830 he was appointed consulting
doctor to the King, and soon became a member of the Academy of
Medicine and a commander of the Legion of Honour.
FESCH, Cardinal Joseph (1763-1839). Brother of Mme. Laetitia
Bonaparte, he was appointed Archbishop of Lyons in 1802 by his
nephew Napoleon I. He was French Ambassador at Rome, then chief
almoner and senator. He returned to Rome at the Restoration and
died there.
FIESCHI, Joseph* (1790-1835). The would-be assassin of King
Louis-Philippe, July 28, 1835.
FIQUELMONT, the Comte Charles Louis de (1777-1857). Born in
Lorraine, he entered the Austrian army in 1793, and shared in
the campaigns from 1805 to 1809. In 1815 he was sent as minister
to Stockholm, and in 1820 in the same capacity to Florence. He
was appointed Ambassador at St. Petersburg, where he lived for