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She had as many names as she had nationalities or titles: Dorothée de Biron, Princess of Courland, in Russia, Countess of Périgord, Duchess of Talleyrand then Duchess of Dino in France, Duchess of Sagan in Prussia... Born in 1793 , youngest of the four daughters of the last independent Duke of Courland and his third wife, Dorothea von Medem, early orphan and rich heiress, coveted by a host of penniless Germanic highnesses, she married out of duty in 1809, at the age of 16, the nephew of Talleyrand, Edmond de Périgord, gambler and fickle, from whom she divorced in 1824 after giving him three…
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