Princess Dorothea of Courland witnessed and lived through some of the most momentous events of the 19th century. Her story is about love, betrayal, politics, diplomacy, and meeting powerful personalities, who dominated the European political scene during and after the Napoleonic Wars.


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Sources / Further Reading:

Silhouettes Historiques, Marquis de Segur, Paris, CalmannLevy, Editeurs

Souvenirs de la duchesse de Dino publiés par sa petite fille, la Comtesse Jean de Castellane, Paris, CalmannLevy, Editeurs

Memoirs to Serve for the History of Napoleon I, 18021815, by Baron ClaudeFrancois de Meneval, Translated by Robert H. Sherard, London, Hutchinson & Co., 1895 – Vol. II

Memoirs of the Prince de Talleyrand, Edited by The Duc de Broglie, Translated by Raphael Ledos de Beaufort, London, Griffith Farran Okeden and Welsh, 1891 – Vol. II

Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino, 18361840, Edited by The Princess Radziwill, Second Series, London, William Heinemann, 1910

Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino, 18411850, Edited by The Princess Radziwill, Third Series, London, William Heinemann, 1910

Memoirs of Prince Adam Czartoryski and His Correspondence with Alexander I, Edited by Adam Gielgud, London, Remington & Co. Publishers, 1888 – Vol. II

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Talleyrand’s Last Duchess by Francoise de Bernardy, Translated from the French by Derek Coltman, New York: Stein and Day, 1966.


Image Credits:

Portrait de Dorothee de Courlande by Histoirefr Own work, CC BYSA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

GrafieneDoroteja by Robert Lefevre (17551830), Rundāle Palace, Latvia CC BYSA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

The Friedrichsfelde manor in Berlin by «A.Savin, WikiCommons»
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The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in 1740 by No machinereadable author provided. MapMaster assumed CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Sagan Castle by Kriskros Own work, CC BYSA 3.0 PL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Château de Valençay by JeanChristophe BENOIST Own work, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...