Alexandrine Charlotte de Rohan-Chabot

French duchess
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroFrench duchess
PlacesFrance
wasNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Female
Birth3 October 1763
Death8 December 1839 (aged 76 years)
Family
Father:Louis-Antoine de Rohan-Chabot
The details

Biography

Alexandrine Charlotte "Rosalie" de Rohan-Chabot, the duchesse de La Rochefoucauld, was the lover of U.S. ambassador William Short, the "adoptive son" of Thomas Jefferson. She was a member of the aristocracy during the French Revolution and witnessed firsthand the violence during the infamous Reign of Terror, with the assassination of her husband and the execution of her brother.
William and Rosalie’s love affair was recorded in hundreds of letters, which document the lovers' pains of separation and their frustration with social norms. Likewise, their words of devotion are especially poetic and moving. The love letters are an authentic literary contribution, and offer delightful personal insights into a turbulent era of world history.
Though their affair was long and storied, she would eventually marry a kinsman, Boniface Louis Andre, Marquis de Castellane in 1810.

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