Élaine Greffulhe

Élaine Greffulhe
Photograph taken by Nadar in 1900
Born	March 19, 1882 Paris, France
Died	February 11, 1958
Spouse(s)	Armand de Gramont
Parent(s)	Henry Greffulhe Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay

Countess Élaine Greffulhe (1882-1958), who became the Duchess of Gramont by marriage, was the daughter of Count Greffulhe and his wife, Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (said to be a model for the Duchess of Guermantes in Marcel Proust’s novel, À la recherche du temps perdu). In 1904, she married Armand de Gramont, who later became the 12th Duke of Gramont.

A rare film clip may show Proust (in bowler hat and gray coat) at her wedding in 1904. Proust’s wedding gift to the groom was apparently a revolver in a leather case inscribed with verses from her childhood poems.