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Zoé Victoire Talon (5 August 1785 – 19 March 1852), styled comtesse du Cayla, was an intimate friend and confidante of Louis XVIII of France, and was his maîtresse-en-titre.
- Achille de Baschi du Cayla
- 19 March 1852 (aged 66), Paris
- August 1785, Le Boullay-Thierry
- Anne Jean Marie René Savary
Zoé Victoire Talon, comtesse Achille de Baschi du Cayla, née le 25 août 1785 au château du Boullay-Thierry, morte en son château de Saint-Ouen le 19 mars 1852, est une dame française qui fut la confidente de Louis XVIII.
- Zoé Victoire Talon
May 2, 2022 · Zoé Victoire Talon (August 5, 1785 – March 19, 1852), styled comtesse du Cayla, was an intimate friend and confidante of Louis XVIII of France, and was his maîtresse-en-titre. She was born at Le Boullay-Thierry.
- 1785
- May 2, 2022
- 1852 (66-67)
- Private User
Zoe Talon du Cayla (5 August 1785 – 19 March 1852) was the mistress of King Louis XVIII of France and a leader of the Ultra-Royalists. Zoe Talon du Cayla was born in Le Boullay-Thierry, France on 5 August 1785, and she married a count in 1802, only to attempt to divorce him years later; she...
Zoé Victoire Talon (5 August 1785 – 19 March 1852), styled comtesse du Cayla, was an intimate friend and confidante of Louis XVIII of France, and was his maîtresse-en-titre.
Cayla, Comtesse du (1785–1852) French royal mistress. Name variations: Zoe Victoire Talon, Zoé du Cayla; Madame du Cayla. Born Zoé-Victoire Talon at Boullay-Thierry, near Dreux, France, Aug 5, 1785; died at St. Ouen, near Paris, Mar 19, 1852; dau. of Omer Talon.
In 1802 she married the comte Baschi du Cayla (died 1851), with whom she had two children, Ugolin and Ugoline before being separated after prolonged litigation, which brought her to the attention of Louis XVIII, to whom she personally appealed for protection from her husband.
