Countess Greffulhe

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Countess Greffulhe was a prominent French aristocrat and salonnière of the Belle Époque, renowned for her patronage of the arts and as one of the inspirations for a central character in Marcel Proust’s "In Search of Lost Time."

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instanceOf French aristocrat
human
patron of the arts
salonnière
alsoKnownAs Élisabeth de Caraman-Chimay
Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay
Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe
birthDate 1860-07-11
birthPlace France
Paris
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1952-08-21
deathPlace Lausanne
Switzerland
familyName de Caraman-Chimay
genreOfActivity philanthropy
salon culture
givenName Élisabeth
linked to: Elisabeth
hasGender female
inspired Duchesse de Guermantes
Oriane de Guermantes
inspiredAuthor Marcel Proust
inspiredWork In Search of Lost Time
knownFor elegant fashion and distinctive style
influence in Parisian high society
memberOf French nobility
notableFor being a leading society hostess of the Belle Époque
inspiration for a character in Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time
patronage of music, dance, and the visual arts
organized concerts and artistic salons in Paris
parent Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay
Marie de Montesquiou-Fezensac
patronOf Ballets Russes
Claude Debussy
Gabriel Fauré
Richard Wagner performances in France
Sergei Diaghilev
religion Roman Catholicism
residence France
Paris
spouse Count Henri Greffulhe
Henri Greffulhe
supported early performances of the Ballets Russes in Paris
musical modernism in France
timePeriod Belle Époque

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Cimetière de Passy burialPlaceOf Countess Greffulhe
subject linked to: Cimetière de Passy, Paris