Constance Smith (née Herbert)

Constance Smith
(Mrs Spencer Smith)
Born
Constanze Baronne de Herbert Rathkeal

1785
Istanbul
Died1829
Vienna
NationalityAustrian
Known forByron's Florence
SpouseJohn Spencer Smith
Parents
  • Baron Peter Philipp von Herbert-Rathkeal (1735–1802) (father)
  • baronne Collenbach (mother)

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.