Saint-Elme, Ida, 1778-1845
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Name (Latin)
Saint-Elme, Ida, 1778-1845
Other forms of name
Elme, Ida Saint-, 1778-1845
St-Elme, Ida, 1778-1845
Contemporaine, 1778-1845
Auteur des Mémoires d'une contemporaine, 1778-1845
Mémoires d'une contemporaine, Auteur des, 1778-1845
Aylde Jonghe, Elzélina van, 1778-1845
Jonghe, Elzélina van Aylde, 1778-1845
Van Aylde Jonghe, Elzélina, 1778-1845
Tolstoy van Aylde-Jonghe, Elzélina, 1778-1845
St. El., Mme. de (Ida Saint-Elme), 1778-1845
Date of birth
1776-09-27
Date of death
1845-05-19
Gender
female
Sources of Information
- Les soirées d'automne, 1828:t.p. (par l'auteur des Mémoires d'une contemporaine)
- RLIN, 10/26/99(hdgs.: Saint-Elme, Ida, 1778-1845; Saint-Elme, Ida; Saint-Elme, Elzélina Tolstoy van Aylde-Jonghe, known as Ida, 1778-1845; usage: Mme Ida St-Elme; Ida Saint-Elme; une contemporaine; Mme. de St. El.)
- BN(Saint-Elme, Ida (pseud. de Elzélina van Aylde Jonghe, connue sous le nom de la Contemporaine))
- World biographical index(Saint-Elme, Ida, dite la Contemporaine, 1778-1845)
- Qérard(Saint-Elme (Elzélina van Aylde-Jonghe, connue dans le monde sous le nom d'Ida, dite la Contemporaine)
- Biog. universelle ancienne et moderne(Saint-Elme (Elzelina Tolstoy, Van Aylde, Jonghe, Ida, woman author, commonly called la Contemporaine, a name she gave herself among many others; claimed to be b. 1778 in Tuscany; d. 1845, Brussels)
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Wikipedia description:
Maria Johanna Elselina Versfelt (27 September 1776 – 19 May 1845), also known as Ida Saint-Elme, Elzelina van Aylde Jonghe, and by her pseudonym La Contemporaine, was a Dutch courtesan and author celebrated for her tumultuous life alongside French generals of Grande Armée. Her travels through Italy, Egypt and the Mediterranean are chronicled in her highly popular yet largely fictitious and unreliable memoirs. Additionally , she is credited with "possibly the earliest satirical magazine produced by a woman."
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