| Aglaé de Gramont | |
| Spouse: | Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1835–1842, her death) |
| Issue: | Catherine Alexandrovna Davydova Elizaveta Alexandrovna Davydova Vladimir Aleksandrovich Davydov |
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| Father: | Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, 8th Duke of Gramont |
| Mother: | Aglaé de Polignac |
| Birth Date: | 1787 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Versailles, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
Aglaé de Gramont (Aglaé Angélique Gabrielle; 17 January 1787 – 21 January 1842) was a French noblewoman, aristocrat, socialite, and the addressee of the poems of Alexander Pushkin.
Born Aglaé Angélique Gabrielle de Gramont on January 17, 1787, at Versailles. Her parents, Aglaé de Polignac and Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, 8th Duke of Gramont married on July 11, 1780.
Her maternal grandparents, Yolande de Polastron, courtier and favourite of Marie Antoinette, and Jules de Polignac, 1st Duke of Polignac were of noble origin.
Her maternal great-grandparents, Diane Adélaïde Zéphirine Mancini and Louis Heraclius de Polignac descended from the House of Noailles.
Following the outset of the French Revolution, Aglaé and her family fled to Edinburgh, Scotland, where they lived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. On March 30, 1803, her mother, aged 34, died in an accidental housefire in her apartment at eight o'clock in the morning.
In 1804, at the age of 17, a year after her mother's death, Aglaé married Major General Alexander Lvovich Davydov at Petersburg, Russia. The union resulted in the birth of 4 children; Ekaterina (1805–1882), Yuliania (born and died 1807), Elizaveta (1810–1882), and Vladimir (1816–1886).
In the 1820s, Aglaé left her husband, and went in pursuit to France alongside her daughters. She remarried in 1835 to Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta; however the marriage remained childless.
| Name | Portrait | Lifespan | Age | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Alexandrovna Davydova Marquise de Gabriac | 1806 – 15 February 1882 | 76 years old | Catherine was a noblewoman from Russian and French descent. She married Ernest de Cadoine de Gabriac, French diplomat and politician. | ||
| Elizaveta Alexandrovna Davydova Nun | 1810 – 1882 | 72 years old | Elizaveta was a nun at the Sacré-Cœur monastery. Having dedicated her 32 years to the church, she was released in 1866. She died unmarried and childless. | ||
| Vladimir Aleksandrovich Davydov Russian Colonel | 1816 – 11 June 1886 | 70 years old | Vladmir was a nobleman from Russian and French descent. He is known for his scandalous divorce to Elizabeth Orbeliani-Baryatinskaya. |
In 1882, Alexander Pushkin dedicated a poem to Aglaé, "Another had my Aglaya":
Another had my Aglaya
For his uniform and black moustache,
Another for money - I understand,
Another because he was French,
Cleon - frightening her with his mind,
Damis - because he sang tenderly.
Tell me now, my friend Aglaya,
Why did your husband have you?[1]