Dorothea von Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Dino, Duchess of Talleyrand and Duchess of Sagan, known as Dorothée de Courlande or Dorothée de Dino, was a Baltic German noblewoman, and the rulin
Portrait by Robert Lefèvre, 1815
Princess Dorothea, c. 1810 (aged 17)
Dorothée, duchesse de Dino, c. 1830
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat. After studying theology, he became Agen
Princess Dorothea of Courland
…her as his own, her true father may have been the Polish statesman Count Aleksander Batowski. For a long time, she accompanied the French statesman Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord; she was the separated wife of his nephew, Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord. Dorothea was born in Friedrichsfelde Palace near Berlin, the fourth and last…
Portrait by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1817)
The oath of La Fayette at the Fête de la Fédération, 14 July 1790. Talleyrand, then Bishop of Autun, can be seen at the extreme right. French School, 18th century. Musée Carnavalet.
Detail of a caricature of Napoleon I's coronation, depicting Talleyrand (left) and his wife Catherine (right) by James Gillray (1805)
Portrait of Talleyrand as Grand Chamberlain of France by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1807