Élaine Greffulhe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Élaine Greffulhe

French aristocrat

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1882

Place of Birth: 8th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1958

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Countess Élaine Greffulhe (March 19, 1882 – February 11, 1958), who became the Duchess of Gramont by marriage, was the daughter of Count Greffulhe and his wife, Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (said to be a model for the Duchess of Guermantes in Marcel Proust’s novel, À la recherche du temps perdu).
In 1904, she married Armand de Gramont, who later became the 12th Duke of Gramont. A rare film clip may show Proust (in bowler hat and gray coat) at her wedding in 1904.
Proust’s wedding gift to the groom was apparently a revolver in a leather case inscribed with verses from her childhood poems.



Description	Hungarian painter portraits of royal and aristocratic personages
Date of birth/death	30 April 1869	22 November 1937
Location of birth/death	Budapest, Hungary	London, United Kingdom
Work location	Budapest (1885–1889); Munich (1889–1890); Paris (1890–1891); Munich (1891–1892); Budapest (1892–March 1900); Budapest (1900–1903); Rome (March 1900–1900); Vienna (1903–1907); London (1907–1937)
Authority control	: Q704208 VIAF: 15508935 ISNI: 0000 0000 1045 0882 ULAN: 500023836 LCCN: no2004037532 Open Library: OL6453886A WorldCat