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She was briefly married to at least one of her lovers: Count Édouard de Perregaux, a French nobleman. Death. Marie Duplessis died of tuberculosis at the age of 23 on 3 February 1847. Her husband, the Comte de Perregaux, and her former lover, the Baltic-German count Gustav Ernst von Stackelberg, were by her side. Within a few weeks of her death ...
Dec 7, 2007 · In 1844, when Marie was 20, she was kept solely by the elderly Count de Stackelberg, whom she met while at the baths in Bagneres. He had been the Russian ambassador to Vienna, was married and wealthy. He told Marie that she reminded him of his daughter who had died young.
Jul 19, 2013 · July 19, 2013. In 1847, shortly before 23-year-old Marie Duplessis, one of 19th-century Paris’s most celebrated courtesans, died of consumption, she told her maid, “I’ve always felt that I’ll...
Aug 12, 2014 · by Julie Kavanagh (Author) 4.1 92 ratings. See all formats and editions. This riveting biography brilliantly explores the short, intense, and passionate life of the country girl from Normandy, who at thirteen fled her brute of a father to go to Paris.
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Jul 2, 2013 · Duplessis was a famous 19th-century Parisian courtesan known for her relationships with prestigious men. But she tragically died of tuberculosis at 23.
She had overcome her circumstances in a doubtful, degraded, and even dangerous way, but she had a host of admirers—she even married a French count in England. She created a certain stature and attitude that elevated the sex trade to a social exploration—a well-funded adventure, even an education.
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Jun 25, 2013 · She inspired love. And she inspired lust. But the enduring love that people felt for her—including Franz Liszt, including the man she in fact married.
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