Winnaretta Singer | |
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| Born | Winnaretta Eugénie Singer 8 January 1865 Yonkers, New York, U.S. |
| Died | 26 November 1943 (aged 78) London, England |
| Nationality | American |
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Winnaretta Singer (8 January 1865 – 26 November 1943) was an American-born heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune. She used this to fund a wide range of causes, notably a musical salon where her protégés included Debussy and Ravel, and numerous public health projects in Paris, where she lived most of her life. Singer entered into two marriages that were unconsummated, and openly enjoyed many high-profile relationships with women. She was styled as Princess Louis de Scey-Montbéliard during her first marriage and as Princess Edmond de Polignac following her second marriage in 1893.