Charles de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin was a French nobleman and politician, who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1838–1842. Choiseul-Praslin's suicide, occurring while he faced trial fo
Anonymous drawing presumed to be of Charles de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin
Henriette Deluzy-Desportes
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Henriette Deluzy-Desportes was a French governess who was the subject of a scandal with Charles Laure Hugues Théobald, duc de Choiseul-Praslin. The scandal played a role in bringing down the King of F
Charles de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin
…of violent confrontations between the duke and his wife. Among other things, Fanny de Choiseul-Praslin had accused her husband of hiring a governess, Henriette Deluzy-Desportes (also Henriette Deluzy), in order to estrange her from her children. Fanny had fired Deluzy-Desportes six weeks before her murder and the governess had…
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Johann Stephan Decker (1784-1844), Félix Desportes (1763–1849), September 1818. He was Henriette's maternal grandfather.
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