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Mrs Keppel, as mistress of King Edward VII, was ‘La Favorita’ of Edwardian high society. Her daugher Violet Trefusis was ostracised, forced into a sham marriage and banished to Paris because of her stormy love affair with Vita Sackville-West. Mrs Keppel and Her Daughter and Diana Souhami’s other books are available from good booksellers ...
Alice Frederica Keppel, de son nom complet, née Edmonstone le 29 avril 1868 à Strathblane ( Écosse, Royaume-Uni) et morte le 11 septembre 1947 près de Florence ( Toscane, Italie ), est une aristocrate anglaise . Elle est connue pour être la maîtresse d' Edward VII et l'arrière-arrière grand-mère de Camilla Parker Bowles 1 .
Alice was born in 1868 and raised at Duntreath Castle in Scotland. She made her debut in 1886 and became a highly regarded society hostess, said to be one of the most beautiful women of her time, with her blue eyes, small waist, chestnut hair and large bust. After many proposals from other suitors, in 1888 Al-ice married George Keppel, a ...
Keppel, Alice (1869–1947)English aristocrat and influential mistress of King Edward VII. Name variations: Alice Edmonstone; Mrs. George Keppel. Born Alice Frederica Edmonstone in 1869 in Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on September 11, 1947, in Florence, Italy; youngest daughter of Admiral William Edmonstone and Mary (Parsons) Edmonstone (d.
General George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (1724-1772) was styled Viscount Bury until 1754, becoming 3rd Earl of Albermale in 1757 on the death of his father. He came from a wealthy and powerful Flemish family from Gueldres, close to the Princes of Orange, who had moved to England in the 17th Century.
Alice (nee Parsons) Keppel was born October 14, 1869, in Scotland at Duntreath Castle, Loch Lomond. And grew up here at Duntreath Castle, the family home since the 15th century. On June 1, 1891, she married the Hon. George Keppel, a son of William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle. She was 22 when she married, he was 26.
Violet criança com sua mãe, Alice, ca 1899. Em 1 de junho de 1891, aos 23 anos, ela se casou com O Honorável George Keppel, filho do 7.º Conde de Albemarle. Keppel era quatro anos mais velho que Alice e servia como soldado no Exército Britânico na época de seu casamento. A família Keppel tinha um histórico de serviço para a família ...
