Jane Digby
Jane Elizabeth Digby ( born April 3, 1807 in Forston House, Minterne Magna, Dorset, † August 11 1881 in Damascus ) was the daughter of Admiral Henry Digby and Lady Jane Elizabeth Digby, born Coke, and became known as the mistress and wife of several known personalities.
Life
Her maternal grandfather was Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, the richest landowner in Norfolk. On his mansion she spent her teenage years; and he arranged her first marriage. On October 15, 1824 married Jane Digby Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough, who later became Viceroy of India. With this, they had a son, Arthur Dudley, who, however, died at the age of 2 years.
Even during the marriage Jane Digby began a permissive love life. She had several affairs, including her cousin George Anson, the librarian Frederick Madden 1828 as well as with the young Austrian diplomat and later prime minister Prince Felix zu Schwarzenberg.
1830 could be Lord Ellenborough Jane Digby divorce. She went to Paris, where she worked with Felix Schwarzenberg, who was there in a political matter, lived together. For the love relationship with Schwarzenberg 's daughter Mathilde went Selden (* 1829) and a son, who died after a few weeks out. However, Jane Digby hoped in vain for a marriage to Black Mountain. Rather, they had this back in Paris, but took their daughter with Austria. Jane Digby saw her daughter ever again.
After the separation of Schwarzenberg went to Jane Digby to Munich, where she became the mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Ludwig she had painted by Joseph Karl Stieler; she is said to have advised the king in his art facilities ( Pinakothek, the Glyptothek, Propylaea and Walhalla ). Louis is the father of the children Felipo Antonio Herberto ( born January 27, 1833) and Bertha (* September 1834 ) in question. On the other hand, it could also Karl Theodor von Venningen - Ullner (1805-1879), the Jane married on 16 November 1833 be the father.
During the marriage of Venningen Digby learned the Greek Count Spyridon Theotokis know and fell in love with this. Having learned from Karl Venningen of this affair, he demanded Theotokis to a duel, in which he wounded his adversary. From Venningen later settled on the wish Jane Digby towards depart from this.
Jane Digby married Theotokis in 1841. Together they moved to Greece. From this marriage dates of the March 21, 1840, born John Henry. But the marriage did not last long with Theotokis because Digby, among others, an affair with Otto I of Greece, a son of Ludwig I of Bavaria had. John Henry died at the age of 6 in an accident.
She left Theotokis and Otto for the Klephtenhauptmann Christos Chatzipetros (also: Cristos Hadji - Petros ), an Albanian - Greeks, who had built up an army of brigands. Digby was for a short time the queen of this troupe and left the captain, when he was unfaithful to her and tried to touch her assets. Another lover was a Bedouin named Saleh.
At the age of 46 years, Jane Digby traveled to Syria to conduct archaeological studies. Here she met the 26 -year-old Sheikh el Medjuel mezrab know and love. 1854 Digby married the sheikh, and took the name Elizabeth Jane Digby el mezrab. She learned Arabic as their ninth language. With the Sheikh they lived in a half in the nomad tent and in the other in a palace in Damascus, let the Digby on their savings ( from the compensation for divorce from Lord Ellenborough ) build. She learned, among other things, Richard Francis Burton, met his wife Isabel and Abd el-Kader in Syria. She remained until her death on August 11, 1881 wife of Medjuel el mezrab. Jane Digby was buried in the Protestant cemetery in Damascus; her grave stone is made of red limestone palmyrischem.