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Jane Digby 1831, gemalt von Joseph Karl Stieler für die Schönheitengalerie. Jane Elizabeth Digby (* 3. April 1807 in Forston House, Minterne Magna, Dorset; † 11. August 1881 in Damaskus) war eine britische Aristokratin und Abenteurerin. Sie wurde bekannt als Mätresse und Ehefrau mehrerer bekannter Persönlichkeiten.
25 de oct. de 2007 · Jane Elizabeth Digby was born on April 3, 1807 in Dorset at Minterne Magna, the daughter of Admiral Henry Digby and Jane Elizabeth Coke, who had been married previously. For the rest of her life, her mother preferred to be called by her previous title of Lady Andover, despite her apparent happy marriage to Jane's father.
3 de mar. de 2022 · Jane Digby by Joseph Karl Stieler, commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria, c.1831 . In 1853, aged 46, Jane had just emerged from a tempestuous relationship with a Greek war hero, Xristos Hadji-Petros. She had borne six children, three of whom had died young, and three of whom were being raised by their paternal families.
26 de dic. de 2021 · Lindsay Duncan, one of the stars of new BBC drama Around the World in 80 Days, talks to Jonathan Wright about her role as aristocratic adventurer Jane Digby – a trailblazing woman who filled her life with travel, culture and romance. You guest-star as Jane Digby in an episode of a new drama based on Jules Verne’s Around the World In 80 Days.
Jane Digby was born in England on April 3, 1807, during the age of elegance. A descendant of two colorful houses of aristocracy, the Digbys and the Cokes, she spent her first two years at Holkham Hall, the Coke family mansion, on the Norfolk marshlands near the North Sea. The entrance hall was 50' high, the walls were adorned with paintings by ...
A celebrated aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby married Lord Ellenborough at 17. Their divorce a few years later was one of England's most scandalous at that time. In her quest for passionate fulfillment she had lovers which included an Austrian prince, King Ludwig I of Bavaria, and a Greek count whose infidelities drove her to travel Eastern Asia.
