Polignac, Mme. la Princesse Edmond de
(1865–1943)
Polignac, Mme. la Princesse Edmond dePolignac, EdmondEdmond Polignac (B * YONKERS, 1865 – D † LONDON, 1943) Born Winnaretta Eugénie Singer, daughter of Isaac Merritt Singer (1811–1875), who patented the Singer sewing machine. Singer allegedly fathered twenty-four children, sixteen of them illegitimate. Winnaretta's mother was French, Isabelle Eugénie Boyer (1841–1904), sculptor Bartholdi's (1834–1904) model for the Statue of Liberty. »Winnie,« as she was known by friends, inherited fabulous…