Catherine Grand

Catherine Grand
Madame Grand, 1783 portrait by Vigée-Le Brun, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Born
Catherine Noël Worlée

21 November 1761
Died10 December 1834 (1834-12-11) (aged 73)
Resting placeMontparnasse Cemetery, Paris
Other namesMadame Grand
Catherine Noël Grand de Talleyrand-Périgord, Princesse de Bénévent
OccupationCourtesan
Spouses
George François Grand
(m. 1777, separation)
(m. 1802, divorced)

Catherine Noël Grand (née Worlée; 21 November 1761– 10 December 1834) was a French courtesan and noblewoman. She was the daughter of a colonial officer in French India, who became the mistress and later the wife of French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the first Prime Minister of France. From 1806 until her death she was Catherine Noël de Talleyrand-Périgord, Princesse de Bénévent. She was known for her beauty.[1]

  1. ^ "Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Vorlée, 1761–1835)". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 26 August 2023.