Madame Grand, 1783 portrait by Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Born
Catherine Noël Worlée
21 November 1762
Tranquebar, Danish India (now Tamil Nadu, India)
Died
10 December 1834 (1834-12-11) (aged 73)
Paris, Kingdom of France
Resting place
Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris
Other names
Madame Grand Catherine Noël Grand de Talleyrand-Périgord, Princesse de Bénévent
Occupation
Courtesan
Spouses
George François Grand
(m. 1777, separation)
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
(m. 1802, divorced)
Catherine Noël Grand (née Worlée; 21 November 1762– 10 December 1834) was the daughter of a colonial officer in French India, who became the mistress and later the wife of French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the first Prime Minister of France. From 1806 until her death she was Catherine Noël de Talleyrand-Périgord, Princesse de Bénévent. She was known for her beauty.[1]
^"Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Vorlée, 1761–1835)". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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