Adeline, Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre | |
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 Adeline at the time of her wedding in 1858 | |
| Born | Adeline Louisa Maria Kilderbee 24 December 1824 London, England |
| Died | 25 May 1915 (aged 90) Deene Park, Northamptonshire, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Notable work | My Recollections memoir |
| Spouses | Don António Manuel de Saldanha e Lancastre, Conde de Lancastre
(m. 1873; died 1898) |
Adeline Louisa Maria, Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre (24 December 1824 – 25 May 1915)[1] was the second wife of the English peer James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, and later the wife of the Portuguese nobleman Don António Manuel de Saldanha e Lancastre, Conde de Lancastre.[2] She was the claimed author of scandalous memoirs, My Recollections, published in 1909, under the name Adeline Louisa Maria de Horsey Cardigan and Lancastre, though strictly speaking she was not allowed by the rules governing the British peerage to join her former and current titles together. Her book detailed events and people coupled with gossip concerning the establishment of Victorian England. After her marriage to the Earl of Cardigan in 1858, Queen Victoria had refused to have her at court because Cardigan had left his first wife.[3]
- ^ Reynolds 2004.
- ^ Sherwood, James (28 August 2012). "Adeline, Countess of Cardigan". Henry Poole. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ Brudenell, G W. "James Thomas Brudenell, 7th. Earl of Cardigan 1797 - 1868". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2006. "condensed from:" Wake, Joan (1953), The History of the Brudenells of Deene" [by (First ed.), Cassell & Company