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Francesco Verasis Castiglione
Birth: 1826
Death: 1867
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."
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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."
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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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Citation Type:
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title:
La Divine Comtesse: Photographs of the Countess de 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
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