Caroline de saint cricq biography books
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The Love Story
Young Franz Liszt’s love affair with his pupil Caroline de Saint-Cricq is a prominent item with all his biographers. The following compiled description provides the essence of their romance as we know it today:
Countess Caroline de Saint-Cricq has been described as nothing short of an angel come down to earth, without worldly desires of whatsoever kind. Besides, she was very beautiful and very rich. Liszt became her piano teacher in spring While talking exclusively of holy things, they quickly fell in love. Supported by Caroline’s mother they wanted to marry. Shortly afterwards, on June 30 or July 1, , the mother died. Despite a promise to his wife on her death bed, Caroline&#;s father, French Minister of Commerce Pierre de Saint-Cricq, then acted as antagonist, showing Liszt the door. Caroline fell ill and Liszt suffered a nervous breakdown. In , by her father’s arrangement, Caroline married one Bertrand d&#;Artigaux in Pau in southern France, where she led an u • Her Parents: Pierre and Clémence Countess Caroline-Louise de Saint-Cricq was the daughter of Count Pierre-Laurent-Barthelemy-François-Charles de Saint-Cricq and Jeanne-Clémence Lenain de Tillemont. Her father Pierre was born on August 24, in Orthez[1] in the Lower Pyrenees region, near Pau. He went to school at the Barnabites monastery in Lescar, outside Pau. His parents destined him for the priesthood, but the French Revolution changed this course and he moved to Paris to study at the university. Barnabites monastery, Lescar, Pau (~) The name Saint-Cricq exists since the early middle ages. The family has a military background – Pierre’s father was a general – and gained wealthy estates in the Bearn region. They have been part of the French aristocracy for hundreds of years and several villages in the Bearn region have a Saint-Cricq connection. The family owned a small feudal castle nära the centre of the town of Sus, some 40 km west of the city of Pau. Two fiefs of the Sa • Click here to toggle editing of individual sections of the page (if possible). Watch headings for an "edit" link when available. Append content without editing the whole page source. Check out how this page has evolved in the past. If you want to discuss contents of this page - this is the easiest way to do it. View and manage en samling dokument eller en elektronisk lagring av data attachments for this page. A few useful tools to manage this Site. See pages that link to and include this page. Change the name (also URL address, possibly the category) of the page. View wiki source for this page without editing. View/set parent page (used for creating breadcrumbs and structured layout). Notify administrators if there is objectionable content in this page. Something does not work as expected? Find out what you can do. General documentation and help section. Terms of Service - what you can, what you should not etc. Privacy Policy.