Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1836-1840
Duc de Gramont. She had become an _émigré_ at the age of sixteen
with the Bourbons. Her first husband had been General Davidow,
whom she married at Milan, and her second husband was General
Sébastiani, whose second wife she was.
SÉGUR, the Comtesse de (1779-1847). Félicité d'Aguesseau, sole
heiress of the last Marquis of this name, she married Count
Octave de Ségur, major on the Staff of the Royal Guard, who died
in 1818.
SÉMONVILLE, the Marquis de* (1754-1839). Chief referendary of the
Court of Peers.
SERCEY, the Marquis de (1753-1856). Pierre César Charles Guillaume
de Sercey was a very distinguished sailor. On the return of the
Bourbons, in 1814, he was commissioned to treat with England for
the exchange of the French prisoners. He was then appointed
Vice-Admiral and entered the Chamber of Peers.
SÉVIGNÉ, the Marquise de* (1626-1696). One of the most
distinguished ladies at the Court of Louis XIV. and author of
remarkable letters.
SFORZA, Ludovico (1451-1508). Known as the Moor, he was the
opponent of the House of Aragon in Italy, and summoned Charles
VIII. there in 1494. After betraying the French he was attacked
by Louis XII., who deprived him of his states and forced him to
flee into Germany. The unpopularity of Trivulzo in the Duchy of
Milan allowed Sforza to reconquer that province, but in 1500 he
was defeated and captured at Novaro by the French. He was
imprisoned at Loches, and died ten years later.
SIDNEY, Lady Sophia,* died in 1837. Countess of Isle and of
Dudley, fifth child of William IV. of England and of Mrs.
Jordan.
SIEYÈS, the Abbé (1748-1836). Vicar-General of Chartres and
politician during the Revolution.
SIGALON, Xavier (1790-1837). Historical painter. He was
commissioned by the Government in 1833 to go to Rome and copy
Michael Angelo's fresco of the Last Judgment. This magnificent
reproduction, a tenth less in size than the original, is at the
School of Fine Arts in Paris.
SIMÉON, the Comte Joseph Balthazar (1781-1846). Master of requests
at the Council of State and Peer of France in 1835; he had
strong artistic tastes.
SOLMS-SONNENWALD, Count William Theodore of (1787-1859). Cavalry
captain and Chamberlain, son of the Countess Ompteda by her
first marriage.
SOLMS-SONNENWALD, the Countess of, born in 1790. By name,
Clementina, daughter of the Count of Bressler.
SOPHIA, the Archduchess (1805-1872). Daughter of King Maximilian
of Bavaria. She married, in 1824, the Archduke Francis, and was
the mother of the Emperor Francis Joseph I.
SOULT, Marshal* (1769-1852). One of the most famous soldiers of
the Empire and a Minister under Louis-Philippe.
STACKELBERG, Count Gustavus of, Privy Councillor and Chamberlain
to the Emperor Alexander I. He became Russian Ambassador and
took part in the Congress of Vienna in 1815. In 1805 he married
Mlle. Caroline de Ludolf, daughter of the Ambassador of Naples
at St. Petersburg.
STACKELBERG, the Countess of (1785-1868). _Née_ Caroline de
Ludolf, she married Count Stackelberg in 1805; when she was left
a widow she settled at Paris.
STANLEY, Lady. Henrietta Maria, daughter of Viscount Dillon,
married in Italy, in 1826, Sir Edward John Stanley, member of
the English Parliament.
STOPFORD, Robert (1768-1847). An English Admiral who became famous
in the chief naval campaigns of the Revolution and the Empire.
In 1840 he bombarded Saint Jean d'Acre.
STROGONOFF, Countess Julia. She had married a Spaniard, the Count
of Ega, with whom she lived at Madrid, when she made the
acquaintance of Count Gregory Strogonoff, who carried her off
and married her. She was well received in St. Petersburg
society, but owing to her false position, she could not obtain
for a long time the Order of St. Catherine, which was her great
ambition. She died at an advanced age between 1860 and 1870,
after carefully tending her husband, who had become blind.
STURMFEDER, Frau von (1819-1891). Camilla Wilhelmena of Münchingen
had married the Baron of Sturmfeder and of Oppenweiller, and was
Chief Lady at the Court of the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden.
SUTHERLAND, the Duchess of,* died in 1868. _Née_ Lady Carlisle.
She was mistress of the robes to Queen Victoria.
SYRACUSE, the Comte de (1813-1860). Léopold de Bourbon, son of
Francis I., King of Naples and of Maria Isabella of Spain. He
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General, though he never
received any command.
SYRACUSE, the Countess of (1814-1874). _See_ Carignan, Philiberte
de.
T
TALARU, the Marquis de (1769-1850). M. de Talaru, on the return
from exile in 1815, was called to the Peerage and became French
Ambassador at Madrid in 1823. In 1825 he was Minister of State
and a member of the Privy Council of Charles X., but went into
retirement upon the Revolution of 1830. He had married Mlle. de
Rosière-Saraus, widow of the Count of Clermont-Tonnerre, by
whom he had no children, so that the house of Tonnerre became
extinct with him.
TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD, Cardinal of* (1736-1821). Alexandre
Angélique, second son of Daniel de Talleyrand-Périgord, was
Archbishop of Reims in 1777 and of Paris in 1817.
TALLEYRAND, Charles Maurice, Prince de* (1754-1838). Prince of
Benevento. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs, High Chamberlain
of France, member of the Institute and Ambassador. He had
abandoned the church into which he had been forced to enter, and
was one of the best politicians of his time.
TALLEYRAND, the Princesse de* (1762-1835). _Née_ Catharine Werlée,
of English origin, she went through a civil marriage in 1802
with the Prince de Talleyrand, by the order of the Emperor
Napoleon, a marriage which was immediately dissolved.
TALLEYRAND, the Duc de (1762-1838). Known as _le bel Archambaud_.
He married in 1779 Mlle. Sabine de Senozan de Viriville, who was
executed in 1793 during the Revolution.
TALLEYRAND, the Comte Anatole de, died in 1838. Son of Baron
Augustin de Talleyrand and of Adélaide de Montigny.
TASCHERAU, M. (1801-1874). A French deputy. He first studied law;
some interesting publications gained him a great reputation
among scholars; he became chief administrator of the Imperial
Library upon its reorganisation.
TATITCHEFF, Demetrius Paulowitch de (1769-1845). A Russian
diplomatist. Minister at Madrid in 1815, then at Vienna where he
remained until 1845. He then became Councillor of State and Lord
Chamberlain to the Emperor Nicholas.
TAURY, the Abbé Francois Louis (1791-1859). Priest of Chauvigny;
he was selected in 1832 by the Abbé Tournet, founder of the
community of the Sisters of Saint Andrew, to succeed him as
Superior General of that community. In 1845 he was appointed
Vicar-General at Niort. He died of an apoplectic stroke when he
was descending from the pulpit and about to celebrate Mass.
TAYLOR, Sir Herbert* (1775-1839). Private Secretary to King George
III., George IV., and William IV. of England.
THERESA, the Archduchess (1816-1867). Daughter of the Archduke
Charles and of the Princess of Nassau Weilburg. The Archduchess
Theresa became the second wife of Frederick II., King of Naples,
who married her in 1837.
THIARD DE BUSSY, the Comte de* (1772-1852). French Marshal,
liberal deputy, appointed French Minister of Switzerland in
1848.
THIERRY, Augustin (1795-1856). Famous French historian; author of
"Letters on the History of France," and "Narratives of
Merovingian Times."
THIERS, Adolphe* (1797-1877). French statesman and historian.
THIERS, Mme.* (1815-1880). Elise Dosne, daughter of the
stockbroker.
THORWALDSEN, Barthélemy* (1769-1844). Famous Danish sculptor.
TOCQUEVILLE, Comte Alexis de (1805-1859). Member of the Chamber of
Deputies under Louis-Philippe where he supported the Opposition.
On the _coup d'état_ of December 2, he joined the
representatives who signed the act of accusation against Louis
Bonaparte and was imprisoned at Vincennes. He was released a
short time afterwards and returned to private life. He was the
author of "Democracy in America," and of the _Ancien Régime_.
TORENO, the Count of* (1786-1843). Spanish statesman, deputy in
the Cortes and several times Minister.
TOUR ET TAXIS, the Princesse de la. Born in 1773. Theresa,
daughter of the Grand Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,
sister of Queen Louisa of Prussia, married in 1789 Prince
Charles de la Tour et Taxis, Privy Councillor to the Emperor of
Austria and Postmaster-General, an office which had been in his
family since 1695.
TROGOFF, Madame de. A Russian lady, a great friend of the Duchess
Wilhelmina of Sagan, whose companion she had been. She lived at
Versailles.
TUSCANY, the Grand Duke of (1797-1870). Leopold II., Archduke of
Austria, succeeded his father the Grand Duke Ferdinand III., in
1824. His first wife was a Princess of Saxony, and in 1833 he
married the Princess Antoinette of the Two Sicilies.
V
VALÉE, Marshal Sylvain Charles (1773-1846). Fought in the
campaigns of the Revolution and the Empire with distinction,
and received the title of Comte from Napoleon. He supported the
Second Restoration, and Charles X. made him a peer of France.
In 1837 he gained his Marshal's baton at the capture of
Constantine and then became Governor-General of Algeria. In
1840 he resigned this command in favour of General Bugeaud.
VALENÇAY, Madame de. Wife of Jacques d'Etampes, Marquis de la
Ferté-Imbault, Marshal of France, who lived from 1590 to 1668.
VALENÇAY, the Duc de* (1811-1898). Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord,
Duc de Talleyrand and de Valençay, Duc de Sagan after the death
of his mother, eldest son of Edmond, Duc de Talleyrand and of
Princess Dorothea of Courlande.
VALENÇAY, the Duchesse de* (1810-1858). _Née_ de Montmorency.
VALENÇAY, Yolande de (1833-1835). Daughter of the Duc and Duchesse
de Valençay; she died of scarlatina when young.
VANDOEUVRE, Baron William de (1779-1870). Auditor to the Council
of State in 1806 and then deputy for the Aube; he became Peer of
France in 1837. He married Mlle. Dassy.
VATRY, the Baron de (1793-1871). Alphée Bourdon Vapereau de Vatry,
aide-de-camp to Prince Jérôme Bonaparte. He left the army under
the Restoration, became a stockbroker and made a large fortune.
He was a deputy from 1835 to 1848.
VATRY, the Baronne de. Died in 1881. She was the daughter of M.
Hainguerlot, and married Baron Alphée de Vatry who died in 1871.
VAUGUYON, Mlle. Pauline de la (1783-1829). Daughter of the Duc de
la Vauguyon; she married in 1810 the Baron of Villefranche of
the house of Carignan. She died of burns received in an accident
at her villa at Auteuil and left three children: (1) a daughter
who married Prince Massimo of Arsoli; (2) another daughter who
married the Count of Syracuse of the house of Naples; (3) a son
by name Eugène, who was recognised by the King of Sardinia as a
prince of the blood.
VÉRAC, the Marquis de (1768-1858). Armand de Vérac served for some
time in the army of the Princes and then returned to France; he
was exiled by Napoleon to Belgium eight years later. Under the
Restoration he became a Peer of France and Governor of the
Château of Versailles.