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Jane Digby | |
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![]() Portrait of Digby by Joseph Karl Stieler (1831) | |
Born | Jane Elizabeth Digby 3 April 1807 Forston House, Dorset, England, United Kingdom |
Died | 11 August 1881 | (aged 74)
Resting place | Damascus, Syria |
Other names | Jane Elizabeth Digby el Mezrab Shaikhah Umm al-Laban |
Title | Lady Ellenborough (1824–1830) Baroness von Venningen (1833–1842) |
Spouses | Baron Karl von Venningen
(m. 1833; div. 1842)Spyridon Theotokis
(m. 1841; div. 1846)Medjuel el Mezrab (m. 1853) |
Children | 6 |
Parent(s) | Admiral Sir Henry Digby Lady Jane Elizabeth Coke |
Jane Elizabeth Digby (3 April 1807 – 11 August 1881) was an English aristocrat, famed for her remarkable love life and lifestyle. She had four husbands and many lovers, including Lord Ellenborough, Governor-General of India, King Ludwig I of Bavaria and his son King Otto of Greece, Bohemian nobleman and Austrian statesman Prince Felix zu Schwarzenberg, and the Greek general Christodoulos Hatzipetros. She died in Damascus, then part of the Ottoman Empire, as the wife of Arab sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab, who was 20 years her junior.[1]