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Mary Gwendolin Byrd, Marquise des Monstiers-Mérinville (née Caldwell; 1863–1909) was an American philanthropist and socialite. She funded the foundation of the Catholic University at Washington, D.C. in the 1880s, but had renounced the Roman Catholic faith by 1904.
Caldwell, Mary Gwendolin Byrd (1863-1909), philanthropist and socialite. FemBio ID. 4999. 0 references. Google Knowledge Graph ID /g/11qp543sdm. 0 references.
Caldwell, Mary Gwendolin Byrd (1863-1909), philanthropist and socialite | American National Biography. (21 October 1863–05 October 1909) Patricia Fox-Sheinwold. https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2001268. Published in print: 1999. Published online: February 2000. You do not currently have access to this article. Login.
Caldwell sisters monument, Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY.jpg 961 × 777; 394 KB Marquise des Monstiers, Sister, and her gift to the Roman Catholic Church.jpg 2,136 × 3,136; 2.96 MB Marquise des Monstiers-Mérinville (Mary Gwendolin Caldwell).jpg 1,450 × 1,827; 712 KB
The memorial stands in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky., and is substantially 30 by 20 feet in ground dimensions. The statues, about 8 feet high, are portraits of Mary Guendaline Byrd Caldwell, who died in October, 1909, and Mary Elizabeth Breckenridge Caldwell, the Baroness Von Zedtwitz.
Gave much of her fortune to Catholic charities and organizations, including a $300,000 for the divinity school housed in the Caldwell Building of Washington D.C.'s Catholic University of America. She and her sister sold the land for the Shelby Park neighborhood, in...
2 de feb. de 2013 · The Marquise was originally Mary Gwendolin Caldwell and she attracted public notice about twenty years ago by her engagement to Prince Murat, grandson of the King of Naples. The engagement was broken because she refused to settle on him half her fortune then estimated at about $2,000,000.
