Élaine Greffulhe Explained

Élaine Greffulhe
Birth Date:19 March 1882
Birth Place:Paris, French Third Republic
Death Date:11 February 1958
Death Place:Paris, France
Noble Family:de Greffulhe
Spouse:Armand de Gramont
Issue:Antoine Agénor Henri Armand de Gramont, 13th Duke of Gramont
Comte Jean Armand Antoine de Gramont
Comte Charles Louis Antoine Armand de Gramont
Corisande Marguerite Elisabeth de Gramont
Father:Henry Greffulhe
Mother:Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay
Tenure:1925–11 February 1958
Succession:Duchess of Gramont
Birth Name:Élaine Marie Joseph Charlotte de Greffulhe

Countess Élaine Marie Joseph Charlotte de Greffulhe (19 March 1882 – 11 February 1958), who became the Duchess of Gramont by marriage, was a French aristocrat. She was a descendant of Hortense Mancini through her granddaughter's Pauline Félicité de Mailly son Charles de Vintimille, duc de Luc.

Early life

Élaine was born on 19 March 1882 in Paris. She was the daughter, and heiress,[1] of Count Henry Greffulhe and his wife, Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay[2] (said to be a model for the Duchess of Guermantes in Marcel Proust’s novel, À la recherche du temps perdu).[3]

Personal life

In 1904, she married Armand de Gramont, who later became the 12th Duke of Gramont.[4] His parents were Agénor de Gramont, 11th Duke of Gramont and the former Marguerite de Rothschild. A rare film clip may show Proust (in bowler hat and gray coat) at her wedding in 1904.[5] Proust’s wedding gift to the groom was apparently a revolver in a leather case inscribed with verses from her childhood poems.[6] Czar Nicholas II of Russia sent her a gift in honor of their 1904 marriage.[2] Together, Élaine and Armand were the parents of:[7]

Élaine died in Paris on 11 February 1958.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Raineval . Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et . The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe . 1914 . Burke's Peerage . 725 . 9780850110289 . 6 March 2020 . en.
  2. Book: Weber . William . Press . Indiana University . The Musician as Entrepreneur, 1700-1914: Managers, Charlatans, and Idealists . 2004 . . 978-0-253-34456-4 . 254 . 6 March 2020 . en.
  3. Book: Proust . Marcel . Kilmartin . Terence . Selected Letters: 1904-1909 . 1983 . Collins . 62, 112 . 9780002170789 . 6 March 2020 . en.
  4. Book: nationales (França) . Archives . Huart . Suzanne d' . Tourtier-Bonazzi . Chantal de . Sibille . Claire . État sommaire des fonds d'archives privées: séries AP (1 à 629 AP) et AB XIX . 2004 . Centre historique des Archives nationales . 978-2-86000-306-3 . 6 March 2020 . fr.
  5. https://www.classiques-garnier.com/editions/ Link to film clip
  6. News: Ha . Thu-Huong . Scholars think they've spotted Marcel Proust in film for the first time—in 110-year-old wedding footage . 6 March 2020 . Quartz . February 16, 2017 . en.
  7. Book: Mension-Rigau . Eric . L'ami du prince: Journal inédit d'Alfred de Gramont (1892-1915) . 2011 . Fayard . 978-2-213-66502-3 . 224, 243. 6 March 2020 . fr.
  8. Book: Weber . Caroline . Proust's Duchess: How Three Celebrated Women Captured the Imagination of Fin-de-Siecle Paris . 2018 . . 978-0-307-96179-2 . 6 March 2020 . en.

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