Valentine de Sainte-Aldegonde
Marie Valentine Joséphine de Sainte-Aldegonde (born May 29, 1820 in Paris , † September 23, 1891 ibid) was a French noblewoman and by marriage Duchess of Dino.
Life
Marie Valentine Joséphine was the only daughter of Camille de Sainte-Aldegonde, Comte Sainte-Aldegonde (1787-1853) and his wife Adélaïde Josephine Bourlon de Chavange (1789-1869). She received an extensive and excellent education, spoke several languages and showed an interest in literature , music and painting .
On October 8, 1839, Valentine de Sainte-Aldegonde married the aristocrat Alexandre-Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, duc de Dino (1813-1894), youngest son of Countess Dorothea von Sagan and the Count, at Beauregard Castle in the Loir-et-Cher department Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord , a nephew of the French Foreign Minister Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand . The marriage, which was reportedly unhappy, resulted in four children:
- Clémentine Marie Wilhelmine (1841–1881) Count Alexandre Orlovsky
- Charles Maurice Camille (1843–1917), 4th Duc de Dino and 2nd Marquis de Talleyrand
- Elisabeth Alexandrine Florence (1844–1880) Hans Eduard Franz Carl Anna Rolle, Count of Oppersdorff
- Archambault Anatole Paul (1845–1918), 3rd Marquis de Talleyrand
The couple had quite different characters and often lived apart from each other. Valentine was more cheerful and sociable - he was more withdrawn - and began to get bored with him. After the birth of their fourth child, she separated from her husband and moved to Italy . In Florence she met and fell in love with the Russian industrialist Anatole Demidoff, Prince di San Donato (1813-1870). Against the will of his wife Mathilde Lätitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte (1820–1904), a cousin of Emperor Napoleon III. , he continued the love affair with Valentine. Mathilde then left Florence with her lover Alfred Émilien de Nieuwerkerke and her husband's jewelry collection. The long-standing dispute over the return of the jewelry and the relationship with the Duchess of Dino filled the social columns of the newspapers.
After the death of her partner, Valentine de Talleyrand-Périgord returned to France, where she died of a heart attack in 1891 . She was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
Her name was in her different phases of life
- 1820–1839 Princess Valentine de Sainte-Aldegonde
- 1839–1891 Countess Valentine de Talleyrand-Périgord, duchess de Dino
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sainte-Aldegonde, Valentine de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sainte-Aldegonde, Marie Valentine Joséphine de; Valentine de Talleyrand-Périgord, duchess de Dino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nobles and by marriage Duchess of Dino |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1891 |
| Place of death | Paris |