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Attached to court of King Emmanuel II of Sardinia-Piedmont. Husband of famed beauty Virginia Oldini Verasis, Countess of Castiglione. Fanny Seward references him in her 1862-1863 diary as visiting the Seward home in Washington, D.C. in the company of Ambassador Joseph Bertinatti. Fanny describes him as a "tall english looking italian – with black fur on his head – a young man – speaking loud french –  a famous hunter sent by the King of Sardinia – for Buffaloes."

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Biography: 
Attached to court of King Emmanuel II of Sardinia-Piedmont. Husband of famed beauty Virginia Oldini Verasis, Countess of Castiglione. Fanny Seward references him in her 1862-1863 diary as visiting the Seward home in Washington, D.C. in the company of Ambassador Joseph Bertinatti. Fanny describes him as a "tall english looking italian – with black fur on his head – a young man – speaking loud french – a famous hunter sent by the King of Sardinia – for Buffaloes."
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Virginia-Oldoini-Verasis-countess-di-Castiglione
Title of Webpage: 
Virginia Oldini Verasis - Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Website's Last Modified Date: 
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Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
La Divine Comtesse: Photographs of the Countess de Castiglione
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Pierre Apraxine, Xavier Demange, Virginia Oldoini Castiglione
Publisher Location: 
New Haven, CT
Publisher Name: 
Yale University Press
Year: 
2000
Start Page: 
17
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=iFCPHyL9PJoC&lpg=PA17&ots=ZXU0YhGWCu&dq=Francesco%20Verasis%2C%20Count%20of%20Castiglione%201826%201867&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q=Francesco%20Verasis,%20Count%20of%20Castiglione%201826%201867&f=false
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
La Divine Comtesse: Photographs of the Countess de Castiglione
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Pierre Apraxine, Xavier Demange, Virginia Oldoini Castiglione
Publisher Location: 
New Haven, CT
Publisher Name: 
Yale University Press
Year: 
2000
Start Page: 
17
Citation Notes: 
https://books.google.com/books?id=iFCPHyL9PJoC&lpg=PA17&ots=ZXU0YhGWCu&dq=Francesco%20Verasis%2C%20Count%20of%20Castiglione%201826%201867&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q=Francesco%20Verasis,%20Count%20of%20Castiglione%201826%201867&f=false