BARONNE DE SOPHIE See also:

• BARONNE DE SOPHIE FEUCHERES (1795-1840)

FEUCHERES (1795-1840)  , Anglo-See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French adventuress, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at St Helens, Isle of See also:

• WIGHT, ISLE OF

Wight, in 1795, the daughter of a drunken fisherman named See also:

• DAWES, HENRY LAURENS (1816-1903)
• DAWES, RICHARD (1708-1766)

Dawes . She See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up in the workhouse, went up to See also:

• LONDON

London as a servant, and became the See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of the duc de See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon, afterwards See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince de See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde . She was ambitious, and he had her well educated not only in See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages but, as her exercise books—still extant—show, in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Latin . He took her to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and, to prevent See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal and to qualify her to be received at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, had her married in 1818 to Adrien See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor de See also:

• FEUCHERES, SOPHIE, BARONNE DE (1795-1840)

Feucheres, a See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major in the Royal See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards . The prince provided her See also:

• DOWRY (in Anglo-Fr. dowarie, O. Fr. douaire, Med. Lat. dotaria, from Lat. dos; from root of dare, to give; in Fr. dot)

dowry, made her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband his aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp and a See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron . The baroness, See also:

• PRETTY

pretty and See also:

• CLEVER

clever, became a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of consequence at the court of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVIII . De Feucheres, however, finally discovered the relations between his wife and Conde, whom he had been assured was her See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• LEFT

left her—he obtained a legal separation in 1827—and told the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, who thereupon forbade her See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance at court . Thanks to her See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, however, Conde was induced in 1829 to sign a will bequeathing about ten million francs to her, and the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate—more than sixty-six millions—to the duc d'See also:

• AUMALE
• AUMALE, HENRI EUGENE PHILIPPE LOUIS

Aumale, See also:

• FOURTH

fourth son of Louis Philippe . Again she was in high favour . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles X. received her at court, Talleyrand visited her, her niece married a See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis and her See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew was made a baron . Conde, wearied by his mistress's importunities, and but See also:

• HALF

half pleased by the advances made him by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• JULY

July, had made up his mind to leave See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France secretly . When on the 27th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1830 he was found See also:

• HANGING

hanging dead from his window, the baroness was suspected and an inquiry was held, but the See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of See also:

• DEATH

death being the result of any See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime appearing insufficient, she was not prosecuted .

Hated as she was alike by legitimatists and republicans, See also:

• LIFE

life in Paris was no longer agreeable for her, and she returned to London, where she died in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1840 .