Gironde, Mme. la Vicomtesse de
(1823–1897)
Gironde, Mme. la Vicomtesse de (B * 1823 – D † PARIS, 1897) Born Marie Françoise Sophie Decazes, one of the »regulars« in the salon of Mme de Saint-Marceaux. She was active in numerous charities during her 49 year long widowhood. Henri, vicomte de Gironde (1816–1848) and she were married but six years. Her husband's father was mayor of the town of Montauban, in the Tarn-et-Garonne region of France in the early nineteenth century. She is the dedicatee of Fauré's »Sylvie.«