Marie d'Agoult

Marie Catherine Sophie de Flavigny, Vicomtesse de Flavigny (December 31, 1805 - March 5, 1876), known also by her married name and title, Marie, Comtesse d'Agoult, and by her pen name, Daniel Stern, was an author and a paramour of Franz Liszt.

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December 31 - 1805 - March 5 - 1876

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She was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, the daughter of Alexander Victor François de Flavigny (1770-1819), an emigré French aristocrat, and his wife Maria Elisabeth Bethmann (1772-1847).

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Frankfurt-am-Main - Germany - Alexander Victor François de Flavigny - 1770 - 1819 - Maria Elisabeth Bethmann

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Educated in a French monastery, she married Charles Louis Constant d?Agoult, Comte d'Agoult (1790-1875) on May 16, 1827, thereby becoming the Comtesse d'Agoult. They had two daughters, Louise (1828-1834) and Claire (1830-1912). They were divorced on August 19, 1835. From 1835 to 1839 she lived with, but did not marry, composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Their children were Blandina (1835-1862); Cosima (1837-1930) (who married Richard Wagner); and Daniel (1839-1859).

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Charles Louis Constant d?Agoult - May 16 - 1827 - August 19 - 1835 - Franz Liszt - Cosima - Richard Wagner

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She died in Paris, and was buried in Division 54 of Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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Her first stories (Hervé, Julien, Valentia, Nélida) were published in 1841-1845. Her best-known work (written as "Daniel Stern") is the Histoire de la Révolution de 1848 (1851, in 2 volumes). Her other works include Esquisses morales (1849), Trois journées de la vie de Marie Stuart (1856), Florence et Turin (1862), Histoire des commencements de la république aux Pays-Bas (1872), and Mes souvenirs (1877, posthumously).

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