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The Ladies in Berlioz's life

Nanci Berlioz Pal (1806 - 1850), the elder of Hector's sisters

Adèle Berlioz Suat (1814 - 1860), Nanci's younger sister

Monique, (1792 - 1857) the Berlioz household's beloved housekeeper

(Marie) Camille Moke, (1811 - 1875) Berlioz's fiancée     until she married Camille Pleyel

Harriet Smithson (1800 - 1854), Hector's first adult passion and later his wife

Marie Recio (1814 - 1862), mistress and later second wife

Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittengenstein (1819 - 1887),     Liszt's mistress and an admirer and constant       source of encouragement to Berlioz

Pauline Viardot (1821 - 1910, sister of Mme Malibran), mezzo soprano admired by Berlioz

The mysterious Amélie??? whom Berlioz loved     in 1862 - 63 (No known genuine picture exists)

Estelle Fornier (1797 - 1876, née Dubeuf) Berlioz's     adolescent first love and his final passion.     She gave him this photo in 1865.

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