Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart
Anne de Rochechouart | |
|---|---|
| Duchess of Uzès | |
Duchesse d'Uzès c. 1896 | |
| Born | Marie Adrienne Anne Victurnienne Clémentine de Rochechouart 10 February 1847 Paris, France |
| Died | 3 February 1933 (aged 85) Dampierre-en-Yvelines, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Issue | Jacques Marie Géraud Louis Emmanuel Simone Louise Laure Mathilde Renée |
| Father | Louis de Rochechouart, Count of Mortemart |
| Mother | Marie Clémentine de Chevigné |
Anne de Rochechouart (Marie Adrienne Anne Victurnienne Clémentine; 10 February 1847 – 3 February 1933), was a wealthy French aristocrat. She inherited a large fortune from her great-grandmother, the founder of the Veuve Clicquot Champagne house. She was known for her involvement in feminist causes and charities, politics, sport hunting, automobiles, and the arts, and was also an author and sculptor, the latter using the name Manuela.