- 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...
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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...
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Maria Rombo 30 July 1864 Palermo,
Kingdom of
Italy Died 10
April 1954 Venice,
Italy Nationality Italian Occupation(s) Noblewoman,
socialite and
salonist...
- was a
Romanian noblewoman,
Princess of Moldavia, a lady in
waiting and
salonist, and a
mistress of
Peter the Great, the
Emperor of Russia. Maria, born...
- 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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Sophie ; 1740 - 14
October 1773)
known as
Septimanie d'Egmont was a
French salonist. Born the
daughter of
Louis François
Armand de
Vignerot du Plessis, Duke...
- 1907,
Saint Petersburg), was a
Russian noblewoman, lady-in-waiting and a
salonist.
Elizaveta Esperovna,
nicknamed Lise, was born on 20
November 1834 in Saint...
- (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...
- was a
consort of Baden, a
dilettante artist, scientist,
collector and
salonist. The
daughter of
Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt and
Charlotte Christine...
- New Bern,
North Carolina Susanna Julie von
Bondeli (1731–1778) –
famous salonist and lady of letters, the
salon became the
center of
intellectual life in...
