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Sep 9, 2019 · Eliza de Feuillide died four days later, on Sunday, 25 April 1813, at Sloane Street. Jane was reportedly at her bedside when she passed. Jane returned home a week later and after her departure, Eliza’s funeral was held. She was buried in the parish churchyard alongside her beloved mother and son.
Review by India Edghill. The subtitle of this book is “The Outlandish Countess de Feuillide,” and outlandish she was to her neighbors in the Austens’ home area. Elizabeth “Eliza” Hancock was Jane Austen’s first cousin, and Jane’s older brother Henry was Eliza’s second husband.
Apr 25, 2022 · Eliza de Feuillide was born on 22 December 1761 in Calcutta, India, and was affectionately known as ‘Betsy’ within the family. Cousin Eliza made quite an impression on all the Austen family and it seemed they would all come to love her in some way. Portrait of Eliza Hancock (1761-1813), one of Jane Austen’s cousins, aka “Comtesse de Feuillide”.
Oct 24, 2017 · Eliza de Feuillide, nee Hancock (1761-1813), by an unknown artist. Visitors to the Jane Austen exhibition ( Which Jane Austen?) will have seen a small diary whose anonymous author attended a party in Paris where both Jane Austen’s aunt and cousin were present.
British Library, 2002 - Biography & Autobiography - 192 pages. Eliza de Feuillide is best known as the spirited first cousin of Jane Austen whose colourful life and travels are recounted...
Letters from Eliza de Feuillide, nee Hancock, afterwards Austen to Philadelphia Walter, her cousin[See 23M93/54/1 for transcripts of many of these letters] Paris. 1780. Describes Paris and...
Eliza de Feuillide seemed fascinating and outlandish to her cousins in rural eighteen century England. When she visited their village, her appearance was electrifying. She was an attractive, accomplished French countess with a vivacious personality who inspired their imaginations and regaled them with stories of life in London and Paris where ...
