Ossonville, Louise de Broglie

Louise Albertine de Broglie, Countess d'Osonville ( French: Louise Albertine de Broglie, comtesse d'Haussonville ; May 25, 1818, Coppe - April 21, 1882, Paris ) - French writer and historian.

Louise Albertina de Broglie, Countess d'Osonville
fr. Louise Albertine de Broglie, comtesse d'Haussonville
Dominic Ingres . Viscountess d'Osonville (1845). Frick Collection , New York
Date of Birth	May 25, 1818 ( 1818-05-25 )
Place of Birth	Coppe
Date of death	April 21, 1882 ( 1882-04-21 ) (63 years old)
Place of death	Paris
Citizenship	France
Occupation	writer , historian
Language of Works

The daughter of Duke Victor de Broglie and Baroness Hedwig Gustavs Albertina Steel von Holstein, the granddaughter of the famous writer Germaine de Stael .

In 1836 she married Joseph de Clairon, Viscount d'Osonville (count 1846), married with whom she had three children. During a trip to Italy, the couple d'Osonville met Dominic Ingres , who headed the French Academy in Rome . In the first half of the 1840s, Paris Ingres painted a portrait of Louise, which became one of his most famous works.

Louise de Broglie was the author of several historical and literary works; her fame was brought by the biography of the famous Ireland freedom fighter Robert Emmett . The Countess d'Ossonville is also famous for her “family ties” with the French Academy , as she was the daughter, sister, wife and mother of four academics ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} .