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Delphine de Sabran | |
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| Marquise de Custine | |
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| Born | 18 March 1770 Paris, France |
| Died | 13 July 1826 (aged 56) Bex, Vaud, Switzerland |
| Noble family | Sabran |
| Spouse(s) | Armand Renaud-Louis-Philippe-Francois, Marquis de Custine (wid. 1793) |
| Issue | Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, Marquis de Custine |
| Father | Joseph de Sabran |
| Mother | Françoise Eléonore Dejean de Manville |
Delphine de Sabran, Marquise de Custine (18 March 1770 – 13 July 1826) was a French society hostess and woman of letters. Known for her beauty and intelligence, Madame de Abrantès referred to de Custine as "one of those lovely creatures that God gives to the world in a moment of munificence".[1] During the French Revolution she was imprisoned at Carmes Prison.[2] She was freed after the fall of Maximilien Robespierre but was left widowed. After the revolution she focused on the education of her son, Astolphe-Louis-Léonor, Marquis de Custine, taking him to Italy and Switzerland. A freethinker, she was a prominent literary and social figure during the Napoleonic era.[3]
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- ^ "Astolphe de Custine". www.librarything.com.