La Baroness d’Este – Bio

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The 1835 manuscript of Fantaisie-Impromptu is composed/dedicated to la Baroness d’Este.

Note: For illustrative purposes, this generated image depicts what she could have looked like has been added. This is not a real painting or illustration, but an artistic representation of the Baroness.

Biographical Information1

Basic Information
  • Sex: Female
  • Married Name: Frances Sarah d’Este
  • Birth Name: Frances Sarah Kibble
Date & Place of Birth
  • November 21st, 1811 [London]
  • February 18th, 1813 [Turidge, Kent, England]

Note: There are two possible dates and places of birth.

Date & Place of Death
  • September 29th, 1980 [Paris]
Family
  • Father: Thomas Kibble |
  • Mother: Anne Beresford
  • Siblings: Anne-Alice d’Este, Emeline (or Emilie) d’Este (married Henry Davenport), Georgine-Adeline d’Este (married Eugène Henry Bertin), James-Charles Hubert d’Este, Arthur Smyth d’Este, Alfred Beresford d’Este
Name Variations

Names were bound to vary depending on region, Mme d’Este’s was no exception. The following are name variations:

  • Mme la Baronne d’Este (As per the 1835 Manuscript)
  • Last name “Este” (Also seen as “Est”)
MISC Information
  • Note: As of writing (May, 2024), the entry for Fantaisie-Impromptu on Wikipedia erroneously claims it was dedicated to “Augusta Emma Wilde”.
– Sources –
  1. Korespondencja Fryderyka Chopina. T. 2, cz. 1, 1831-1838 / zebrali, opracowali i opatrzyli komentarzami Zofia Helman, Zbigniew Skowron, Hanna Wróblewska-Straus., Page 352 ↩︎
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