Jane Digby

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Jane Digby was a 19th-century English aristocrat famed for her scandalous love life, extensive travels, and eventual role as an influential figure in Syrian Bedouin society.

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Jane Digby canonical 3
Jane Elizabeth Digby 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English aristocrat
human
memoir subject
socialite
traveller
birthName Jane Elizabeth Digby
linked to: Jane Digby
burialPlace Damascus
Syria
causeOfDeath dysentery
child Arthur Dudley Law
Augusta Henrietta Venningen
Hervé von Venningen
Leonidas Theotokis
citizenship United Kingdom
convertedTo Islam
countryOfBirth England
United Kingdom
countryOfDeath Ottoman Empire
culture British upper class
dateOfBirth 1807-04-03
dateOfDeath 1881-08-11
describedIn biography "A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby"
ethnicGroup English
familyName Digby
father Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby
givenName Jane
hasNotableRelative Charles James Fox
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland
knownFor association with European nobility and royalty
extensive travels in the Middle East
marriage to a much younger Bedouin sheikh
languageSpoken Arabic
English
French
German
laterLifeRole Bedouin tribal leader’s wife
mediator between Bedouin tribes and Western visitors
memberOfNobleFamily Digby family
mother Lady Charlotte Fox-Strangways
name Jane Digby
nativeLanguage English
nobleTitle Lady
notableFor integration into Bedouin society
role in Syrian Bedouin tribal politics
romantic scandals
series of high-profile love affairs
occupation adventurer
aristocrat
traveller
partner Count Spyridon Theotokis
Felix Schwarzenberg
King Ludwig I of Bavaria
linked to: Ludwig I of Bavaria
placeOfBirth Holkham Hall
Norfolk
placeOfDeath Damascus
Ottoman Syria
religion Christianity
residence Damascus
England
France
Germany
Greece
Syria
sexOrGender female
spouse Baron Karl von Venningen
Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough
Medjuel el Mezrab
Sheikh Abdul Medjuel el Mezrab
Theodor von Brand

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Lord Ellenborough spouse Jane Digby
Jane Digby name Jane Digby
Jane Digby birthName Jane Elizabeth Digby
linked to: Jane Digby