Isabella Charlotte de Rohan-Chabot
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16 July 1784
Leinster House, Dublin, Ireland
France
Isabella Charlotte de Rohan-Chabot | |
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| Known for | Diarist |
| Born | Isabella Charlotte FitzGerald 16 July 1784 Leinster House, Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 1868 (aged 83–84) France |
| Spouses | Louis William de Rohan-Chabot, vicomte de Chabot |
| Issue | Philippe de Rohan-Chabot |
| Father | William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster |
| Mother | Emilia Olivia St. George |
| Occupation | Première dame d'honneur to Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily |
Isabella Charlotte de Rohan, vicomte de Chabot (16 July 1784 – 1868) was an Irish aristocrat and diarist.[1]
Isabella Charlotte de Rohan-Chabot was born Isabella Charlotte FitzGerald on 16 July 1784 in Leinster House, Dublin. She was the fourth daughter of William Robert FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, and Emilia Olivia (née St. George). Her uncle was Lord Edward FitzGerald. During her childhood she lived at the various family homes of Leinster House, Carton House, County Kildare, and Frescati House, Blackrock. The family fled to Dublin during the 1798 Rebellion.[1][2]
Personal life
She moved to Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in 1805, where she met and fell in love with William Henry Lyttleton. Her family did not approve of the match, and thus the couple did not marry. She visited London frequently staying with her sister, Lady Olivia Kinnaird, and becoming known in fashionable society. She married Louis William de Rohan-Chabot, vicomte de Chabot (1780–1875), son of the comte de Jarnac, a French officer living in London in June 1809. His mother was Elizabeth Smyth of Tinna Park, County Wicklow. Chabot travelled with her husband to Portugal in 1811, where they lived with Marquis d'Anjega at Belem. When her husband became ill, the couple returned to England travelling through a violent storm in the Bay of Biscay. During the voyage their infant son, who was also ill, died.[1][3]
