Aglaé de Polignac
Portrait by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1794)
Full name
Aglaé Louise Françoise Gabrielle de Polignac
Born(1768-05-07)7 May 1768
Versailles, Yvelines
Died30 March 1803(1803-03-30) (aged 34)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Spouse(s)
(m. 1780⁠–⁠1803)
Issue
Detail
Corisande de Gramont
Aglaé de Gramont
Héraclius de Gramont, 9th Duke of Gramont
FatherJules de Polignac, 1st Duke of Polignac
MotherYolande de Polastron

Aglaé de Gramont[a] (née de Polignac; Aglaé Louise Françoise Gabrielle; 7 May 1668 – 30 March 1803) was a French aristocrat, noblewoman, and socialite.

Biography

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Born Aglaé Louise Françoise Gabrielle de Polignac on 7 May 1768 at the Palace of Versailles.[1] Her mother, Yolande, was a courtier and favourite of Marie Antoinette.[2][3]

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Notes

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  1. ^ She often was referred to as "Guichette" by family, after her marriage to Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, 8th Duke of Gramont in 1780.

Citations

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  1. ^ Baetjer & Shelley 2011, p. 41.
  2. ^ Zweig 1988, p. 122.
  3. ^ Fraser 2001, pp. 155–56.