Constance Smith (née Herbert)
Constance Smith (Mrs Spencer Smith) | |
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| Born | Constanze Baronne de Herbert Rathkeal 1785 Istanbul |
| Died | 1829 Vienna |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Known for | Byron's Florence |
| Spouse | John Spencer Smith |
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Constance Smith, Mrs Spencer Smith (née Constanze Baronne de Herbert Rathkeal; 1785–1829) - wife of a British diplomat John Spencer Smith, known as Florence in several Byron's poems.
Daughter of baron Herbert, Austrian ambassador to Constantinople. Heroine of Marquis de Salvo's book about her escape from Napoleon and Memoirs of the Duchess D' Abrantés.