Élaine Greffulhe
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Tenure1925–11 February 1958
BornÉlaine Marie Joseph Charlotte de Greffulhe
19 March 1882
Paris, French Third Republic
19 March 1882
Paris, French Third Republic
Noble familyde Greffulhe
Élaine Greffulhe | |
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 Photograph taken by Nadar in 1900 | |
| Duchess of Gramont | |
| Tenure | 1925–11 February 1958 |
| Born | Élaine Marie Joseph Charlotte de Greffulhe 19 March 1882 Paris, French Third Republic |
| Died | 11 February 1958 Paris, France |
| Noble family | de Greffulhe |
| Spouse(s) | Armand de Gramont |
| Issue | Antoine Agénor Henri Armand de Gramont, 13th Duke of Gramont Comte Jean Armand Antoine de Gramont Comte Charles Louis Antoine Armand de Gramont Corisande Marguerite Elisabeth de Gramont |
| Father | Henry Greffulhe |
| Mother | Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay |
Countess Élaine Marie Joseph Charlotte de Greffulhe (19 March 1882 – 11 February 1958), who became the Duchess of Gramont by marriage, was a French aristocrat. She was a descendant of Hortense Mancini through her granddaughter's Pauline Félicité de Mailly son Charles de Vintimille, duc de Luc.
Élaine was born on 19 March 1882 in Paris. She was the daughter, and heiress,[1] of Count Henry Greffulhe and his wife, Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay[2] (said to be a model for the Duchess of Guermantes in Marcel Proust’s novel, À la recherche du temps perdu).[3]
