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Mar 31, 2020 · When Vita went ahead with her conventional marriage to Harold, Violet agreed to an unconventional marriage to Denys Trefusis, a man who’d promised to marry her on platonic terms. This created the first fundamental difference between the two lifelong friends: Vita loved her husband; Violet did not.
MAJ Denys Robert Trefusis. Denys Robert Trefusis was the son of Colonel Hon. John Schomberg Trefusis and his wife, Eva Louisa Bontein. He was married to Violet Keppel, daughter of Lt.-Col. Hon. George Keppel and Alice Frederica (Edmonstone) Keppel, on June 16, 1919.
Jun 5, 2014 · Violet reluctantly became engaged to Denys Trefusis, a soldier with the British Royal Horse Guards, who had been courting her for years. Although Denys had given his word to remain a “gentleman” — that is, he had promised the marriage would be chaste, so that Violet could remain faithful to Vita — the prospect of committing to someone ...
Violet Trefusis (née Keppel; 6 June 1894 – 29 February 1972) was an English socialite and author. She is chiefly remembered for her lengthy affair with the writer Vita Sackville-West that both women continued after their respective marriages.
In 1923 Denys Trefusis introduced VT to a member of his musical circle, the Princesse de Polignac.
Mar 20, 1977 · Violet's scandalized mother (the Edwardians tolerated adultery, nymphomania, even; but not homosexuality) forced her into marriage with the well‐bred Denys Trefusis, just back from World War I...
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From the beginning, their relationship was intense, and the constant travels of both families created the necessity of an ongoing and voluminous correspondence (Vita's early letters to Violet were burned by Violet's husband, Denys Trefusis, on their honeymoon).
