Jane Digby

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Jane Digby was a 19th-century English aristocrat famed for her scandalous love life, extensive travels, and eventual role as an influential figure in Syrian Bedouin society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English aristocrat
human
memoir subject
socialite
traveller
birthName Jane Elizabeth Digby NERFINISHED
burialPlace Damascus NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath dysentery
child Arthur Dudley Law NERFINISHED
Augusta Henrietta Venningen NERFINISHED
Hervé von Venningen NERFINISHED
Leonidas Theotokis NERFINISHED
citizenship United Kingdom
convertedTo Islam NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth England
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
culture British upper class
dateOfBirth 1807-04-03
dateOfDeath 1881-08-11
describedIn biography "A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby"
ethnicGroup English
familyName Digby NERFINISHED
father Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby NERFINISHED
givenName Jane
hasNotableRelative Charles James Fox NERFINISHED
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland NERFINISHED
knownFor association with European nobility and royalty
extensive travels in the Middle East
marriage to a much younger Bedouin sheikh
languageSpoken Arabic NERFINISHED
English
French
German
laterLifeRole Bedouin tribal leader’s wife
mediator between Bedouin tribes and Western visitors
memberOfNobleFamily Digby family NERFINISHED
mother Lady Charlotte Fox-Strangways NERFINISHED
name Jane Digby NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
nobleTitle Lady
notableFor integration into Bedouin society
role in Syrian Bedouin tribal politics
romantic scandals
series of high-profile love affairs
occupation adventurer
aristocrat
traveller
partner Count Spyridon Theotokis NERFINISHED
Felix Schwarzenberg NERFINISHED
King Ludwig I of Bavaria NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Holkham Hall NERFINISHED
Norfolk NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Damascus NERFINISHED
Ottoman Syria NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
residence Damascus NERFINISHED
England
France
Germany
Greece NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female
spouse Baron Karl von Venningen NERFINISHED
Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough NERFINISHED
Medjuel el Mezrab NERFINISHED
Sheikh Abdul Medjuel el Mezrab NERFINISHED
Theodor von Brand NERFINISHED

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Lord Ellenborough spouse Jane Digby