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Marie de Castellane, princess Radziwill

Marie de Castellane, princess RadziwillMarie de Castellane, princess Radziwill
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Birth Date:
19.02.1840
Death date:
10.07.1915
Extra names:
Dorothee Élisabeth, Marija de Kastelāna, princese Radzivila, Radvila, Doroteja, Elizabete
Categories:
Duke, Knyaz (Prince, Duke), Nobleman, landlord, Writer
Nationality:
 german, french
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Marie Dorothée Élisabeth de Castellane, princess Radziwill (19 February 1840, château de Rochecotte - 10 July 1915) was a French noblewoman and member of the house of Castellane. The famous Boni de Castellane was her nephew.

The daughter of Henri de Castellane and Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, she married prince Antoine Radziwill (1833-1904, a member of the House of Lords of Prussia and general "à la suite" of William I, German Emperor) at Sagan on 3 October 1857. They had 4 children : Jerzy (George) (1860-1914), Élisabeth (1861-1950), Helena (1874-1958) and Stanislas (1880-1920).

She spent a large part of her life in Berlin, where (according to Abel Hermant) she was "the Apis bull in person and the queen of Berlin".

From 1881 to 1886, she took on the restoration of the Radziwill castle at Nieswiez (Nesvizh, Belorussia), allowing her to save its archives and library, add a terrace flanked by Neo Gothic tourelles and redesign the park in the English style (1878-1911).

In 1906 she published the Souvenirs of her grandmother, the duchesse de Dino and, in 1909, a Chronique de 1831 à 1862, also based on the duchess's papers. Her own memoirs were published in 1931 as Souvenirs de la princesse Radziwill (née Castellane) 1840-1873. Une française à la cour de prusse ("Memoirs of princess Radziwill, née Castellane, 1840-1873.

A Frenchwoman at the court of Prussia").

Source: wikipedia.org

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        1Josephine  Pauline de Talleyrand PerigordJosephine Pauline de Talleyrand PerigordMother29.12.182012.10.1890
        2Doroteja de Taleirāna-PerigoraDoroteja de Taleirāna-PerigoraGrandmother21.08.179319.09.1862
        3Pēteris fon BīronsPēteris fon BīronsGreat grandfather15.02.172413.01.1800
        4Dorothea  von MedemDorothea von MedemGreat grandmother03.02.176120.08.1821

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