Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1836-1840
VERNET, Horace (1789-1863). A famous French painter who followed
the Algerian campaign and painted several battle scenes
illustrating it.
VERQUIGNIEULLE, the Marquise de. Flore Marie de Proudhomme et
d'Harlay de Verquignieulle, married in 1836 M. Ancillon whose
third wife she was. On his death in 1837, she returned to live
in Belgium, her native country.
VERTOT, the Abbé de (1655-1735). Réne Aubert de Vertot first
entered a religious vocation and became in succession a Capuchin
monk under the name of Father Zacharie, a Premonstratensian and
a member of the Order of Cluny. Then, being tired of the
cloister life, he joined the secular clergy and became priest of
Croissy-la-Garenne and of other places. He published a "History
of the Revolutions in Portugal," but his favourite work was a
"History of the Roman Republic."
VESTIER, Phidias (1796-1874). Architect and Inspector of the
historical monuments in the department of Indre-et-Loire. He was
made a Knight of the Legion of Honour after building the railway
station at Tours in 1849. He was the grandson of a painter,
several of whose works are in the Louvre. Largely supported by
the Duchesse de Talleyrand, he built numerous residences at
Paris and several country houses in the valley of the Loire.
VICENCE, the Duc de (1815-1896). Armand Alexandre Joseph Adrien de
Caulaincourt first entered upon a diplomatic career, which he
abandoned in 1837. Under the July monarchy he was a deputy,
under the Second Empire a Senator, and was made Commander of the
Legion of Honour in 1868.
VILLEFRANCHE, Comte Eugène de (1753-1785). This prince of the
house of Carignan served in the French Army and was given by
Louis XVI. the command of an Infantry Regiment which took the
name of _Savoie Carignan_. He incurred the royal disfavour on
account of his marriage with Mlle. Magon Laballue, left the army
and died at an early age, and in obscurity at Domart in
Picardie.
VILLEFRANCHE, Baron Joseph Marie de (1783-1825). Son of the
foregoing. He had a brilliant career in a cavalry regiment under
the Empire, which was continued under the Restoration, and in
1823 he followed the Duc d'Angoulême into Spain. He died
suddenly in a carriage of an apoplectic stroke. He had married
the daughter of the Duc de la Vauguyon.
VILLEGONTIER, Comte Louis de la (1776-1849). Prefect of the Allier
in 1816, then Prefect of Ille-et-Vilaine and Peer of France in
1819; he took the oath to the Government of Louis-Philippe and
supported his policy until 1848, when he retired into private
life.
VILLÈLE, Comte Guillaume Aubin de (1770-1840). Brought up in the
Seminary of Saint Sulpice, he became an _émigré_ during the
Revolution and was ordained priest at Düsseldorf; when he
returned to France in 1802 he devoted himself to preaching.
Louis XVIII. appointed him Bishop of Soissons; in 1824 he became
Archbishop of Bourges and entered the Chamber of Peers at the
same time. After 1830 he remained adverse to the new Government,
and refused the Cross of the Legion of Honour in 1839. When Don
Carlos was driven from Spain and interned at Bourges, the
Archbishop offered him his palace for his residence, and
received from this Prince the grand cordon of Charles III.
VILLEMAIN, Abel François* (1790-1870). French professor, writer,
and politician.
VINCKE, Frau von (1766-1845). Fräulein von Vincke married her
relative, Herr von Vincke, and became lady-of-honour to Queen
Louise of Prussia, who was very fond of her. After the death of
this Princess she held a high position at court and in Berlin
society.
VIVIEN, Alexandre François Auguste (1799-1854). In 1840 he was
Minister of Justice in the Thiers Ministry, and lent his name to
the decree suppressing the deputy judges for the Court of the
Seine.
VOLTAIRE, Arouet de* (1694-1778). A French philosopher who exerted
a vast influence upon the history and literature of the
eighteenth century.
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WAGRAM, Prince Napoleon Louis de (1810-1888). Son of the famous
Marshal Berthier. He was a Peer of France in 1836 and Senator
in 1848.
WALEWSKI, Comte Alexandre (1810-1868). French politician and
Minister under Napoleon III. He was the natural son of the
Emperor Napoleon I., and of the Countess Marie Walewska, whom
the Emperor had known at Warsaw in 1807.
WALLENSTEIN (1583-1634). A famous soldier, born in Bohemia, and
one of the greatest generals during the Thirty Years War.
WALSH, Countess Agatha. Left a widow as early as 1806, she became
first lady at the court of the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden
and did not retire until 1839. Her son, Theophilus, was a
constant visitor at the Baden court.
WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832). A Scotch novelist.
WASA, Princess (1811-1854). Louise Stephanie, daughter of the
Grand Duke Charles of Baden and of the Grand Duchess, _née_
Stephanie of Beauharnais.
WEIZEL, Mlle. de. A very intimate friend of the family of
Entraigues and of the Baron and Baronne Finot, who lived near
Valençay.
WELLINGTON, the Duke of* (1769-1852). A famous English General,
the opponent of Napoleon and several times a member of the
Cabinet.
WERTHER, Baron* (1772-1859). Prussian diplomatist, Ambassador at
Paris, and afterwards Minister of Foreign Affairs at Berlin.
WERTHER, Baroness* (1778-1853). By birth the Countess Sophia
Sandizell.
WERTHER, Baron Charles (1809-1894). Son of the foregoing. In 1869
he took the place of the Count of Golz as Ambassador at Paris,
and through his instrumentality a breach in relations took
place, which led to the outbreak of the 1870 war. In 1874 he was
appointed Ambassador at Constantinople, and retired to Munich in
1877.
WEYER, Sylvan van de* (1803-1874). Belgian statesman and man of
letters.
WITTGENSTEIN, Prince William of Sayn- (1770-1851). Household
Minister to King Frederick William III. of Prussia, and one of
the most important personages at the Berlin court.
WOLFF, Herr von. Councillor to the Prussian Ministry of the
Interior for many years.
WOLFF, Frau von. Daughter of the Councillor of Justice. Herr
Hennenberg.
WOLOWSKI, Louis (1810-1876). Born at Warsaw, he was naturalised in
France after the Polish revolution of 1830, and devoted himself
to the study of law and economic problems, in which he became a
master.
WORONZOFF-DASCHKOFF, Count Ivan (1791-1854). Russian Minister at
Munich from 1824 to 1828, and at Turin till 1832. He then became
Councillor of the Empire at St. Petersburg and Chief Master of
Ceremonies at the Court. He was an enlightened patron of the
arts.
WURMB, Herr Friedrich Karl von (1766-1843). Staff Officer at
Berlin. He resigned to marry Fräulein von Göcking, and became
land agent to the Duchesse de Dino at Deutsch-Wartenberg.
WURMB, Frau von (1783-1862). Wilhelmina of Göcking, daughter of
the Councillor of State to the Finance Ministry.
WÜRTEMBERG, Duke Alexander of (1804-1855). He entered the Austrian
Military Service, but after contracting a morganatic marriage in
1835 with a Countess Rheday he settled at Paris.
WÜRTEMBERG, the King of* (1781-1862). William I.
WÜRTEMBERG, Princess Maria of* (1816-1863). Daughter of King
William I. and wife of General Neipperg.
WÜRTEMBERG, Princess Sophia of* (1818-1877). Sister of the
foregoing. She married William III., King of the Low Countries.
She was a very distinguished Princess, and an intimate friend of
the Emperor Napoleon III.
WÜRTEMBERG, Prince Paul of (1785-1852). Brother of King William I.
He married, in 1825, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg, by
whom he had several children. He afterwards contracted a
morganatic marriage with an English woman and settled at Paris.
WÜRTEMBERG, Prince Frederick of. Born in 1808, and son of the
foregoing. He remained in the service of Würtemberg.
WÜRTEMBERG, Prince Augustus of. Born in 1813, and brother of the
foregoing. He entered the Prussian service.
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XIMENES DE CISNEROS, the Cardinal of (1436-1517). A famous
Spanish statesman and Archbishop of Toledo. He performed the
greatest services to Charles V., who showed himself most
ungrateful, and dismissed him after using his influence to
procure his nomination as King of Castile and of Aragon.
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ZEA-BERMEDEZ, Don Francisco* (1772-1850). Spanish diplomatist. He
belonged to one of the most ancient families of the reconquest.
ZEA-BERMEDEZ, Doña de.* Died in 1848. By birth she was Doña Maria
Antonia de Anduaga, of a family living in Guipuscoa, which
included several diplomatists among its members. She was Lady
Noble of the Order of Maria Louisa.
ZOÉ. A negress in the service of the Vicomtesse de Laval and then
in the service of the Duchesse Mathieu de Montmorency, with whom
she ended her life.
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