Béatrix de Choiseul
'Béatrix de Choiseul (18 November 1729 - 17 Aprile 1794) wis a French noblewoman, salonnière an bibliophile. She wis execute in the French Revolution. Aifter her mairriage it wis said that her salon cud rival that o Madame de Pompadour.
| Béatrix de Choiseul | |
|---|---|
| Duchess o Gramont | |
 Portrait de la duchesse de Grammont, bi Alexander Roslin, c. 1774 | |
| Full name
Béatrix de Choiseul | |
| Born | 18 November 1729 Lunéville, Lorraine, Fraunce |
| Dee'd | 17 Apryle 1794 (aged 64) Paris, Fraunce |
| Spoose(s) | Antoine de Gramont, Duke o Gramont |
| Faither | François Joseph de Choiseul |
| Mither | Marie Louise Bassompierre |
Background Eedit
A dochter o François Joseph de Choiseul, Marquis o Stainville an his guidwife Marie Louise Bassompierre. She wis a sister o Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke o Choiseul, a minister o Louis XV.
Duchess o Gramont Eedit
She mairit Antoine de Gramont, (7t) Duke o Gramont 1722-1801)
Daith Eedit
An ambitious an firm woman, she wis a distinguished bibliophile. Whan she wis summoned in 1794 tae the Revolutionar Tribunal, at wis tae be condemnin her tae the guillotine, she wis speirt: "Did ye nae send siller tae emigrants?", She reponed: "I wis gonnae say naw, but ma life isnae wirth a lee!".
Ither wabsteids Eedit
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