Carmen Aguado, Duchesse de Montmorency

Born on 28 June 1847, Carmen-Ida-Marie Aguado was the daughter of Alexandre Aguado and Claire Emilie MacDonnel.^[2] Claire was a lady-in-waiting to Eugénie de Montijo, and Alexandre was a patient at a mental asylum.^[3] Carmen was their third and last child.^[2]

On 2 June 1866, Carmen married Adalbert de Talleyrand-Périgord (1837 – 1915)^[4] and henceforth became Duchesse de Montmorency.^[3] Their marriage was short-lived, though Carmen was able to give birth to one child:

• Napoléon Louis Eugène Alexandre Anne Emmanuel de Talleyrand-Périgord (1867–1951);^[5][6] who became the 8th Duke of Montmorency.

Carmen died on 26 November 1880, at the age of 33.^[3][5] Her death was most likely the effects of tuberculosis.^[4]

In 1860, Carmen was the model for prominent artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter.^[1][3][4][7]