- A
salon is a
gathering of
people held by a host.
These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's
definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please...
-
George Bubb Dodington, 1st
Baron Melcombe PC (1691 – 28 July 1762) was an
English Whig
politician who sat in the
House of
Commons from 1715 to 1761. Christened...
- 19
February 1852) was a
Swedish lady-in-waiting and
politically active salonist.
Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull was the
daughter of the
courtier Baron Otto...
- was a
consort of Baden, a
dilettante artist, scientist,
collector and
salonist. The
daughter of
Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt and
Charlotte Christine...
- 1792 – 24
January 1862), was a
Russian writer, poet, singer, composer,
salonist and lady in waiting. She was an
important figure in 19th-century Russian...
- Saint-Martin-de-Ré /ɡəˈræn də ˌtɒnˈsæn/ (27
April 1682 – 4
December 1749) was a
French salonist and author. She was the
mother of Jean le Rond d'Alembert, who
later became...
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Budapest district 1) was a Lithuanian-Viennese master[of what?],
Budapestian salonist known as "Cecil mama", a
daughter of the
senior teacher of
Jewish history...
- (Christine
Friederike Auguste; 1 May 1780 – 19
February 1841) was a
German salonist, painter, and
Electress consort of
Hesse by
marriage to
William II, Elector...
- Амалия Самуиловна Голицына; 28
August 1748 – 27
April 1806) was a
German salonist. She was the
daughter of the
Prussian Field Marshal Count Samuel von Schmettau...
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Mosselman (1808–1880),
known as **** Mosselman, was a
Belgian noble and
salonist,
known as the maîtresse en
titre (official mistress) of the duke Charles...
