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Montagu, Mary Wortley (1689 - 1762)

Last edited by Alicia_Montoya on June 19, 2025, 11:02 a.m.
Short name Montagu, Mary Wortley
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/7394587/
First name Mary
Birth name Wortley Montagu
Married name ,
Alternative name Lady Montagu — Lady Mary Pierrepont
Date of birth 1689
Date of death 1762
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Sex Female
Place of birth Holme Pierrepont Hall
Place of death London
Lived in Constantinople , Venice , Constantinople , Venice , Constantinople , Venice , Constantinople , Venice , Constantinople , Venice , Constantinople , Venice , Constantinople , Venice , Constantinople , Venice , Constantinople , Venice , Constantinople , Venice , England
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Mother Lady Mary Pierrepont
Father Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
Children
Religion / ideology Protestant
Education Educated at home, Self-educated
Aristocratic title Lady
Professional or ecclesiastical title Writer, poet, medical pioneer
Montagu, Mary Wortley was ...
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Place(s) of Residence Constantinople (1716-1718) , Venice (1739-1761) , Constantinople (1716-1718) , Venice (1739-None) , Constantinople (1716-1718) , Venice (1739-None) , Constantinople (1716-1718) , Venice (1739-None) , Constantinople (1716-1718) , Venice (1739-None) , Constantinople (1716-1718) , Venice (1739-None) , Constantinople (1716-1718) , Venice (1739-None) , Constantinople (1716-1718) , Venice (1739-None) , Constantinople (1716-1718) , Venice (1739-None) , Constantinople (1716-1718) , Venice (1739-None) , England
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*Letter to Lady -- 1 jan. 1717 (1717) 0 0
*Letters (1726) 0 0
Sur la Maxime de Mr de Rochefoûcault. Qu'il y a des marriages commodes, mais point des Delicieux. (1740) 3 0
*Letter to Anna Maria van Schurman (1746) 0 0
*Bookhistorical information (1750) 0 0
The Sultan's tale (1750) 0 0
The Selected Letters of Lady Mary Worley Montagu (1754) 0 0
*bookhistorical information (1760) 0 0
*Remarque dans sa correspondance (1760) 0 0
Turkish Embassy Letters (1763) 47 1
Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe (1764) 3 2
The works of the right honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : including her correspondence, poems, and essays : Published by permission from her genuine papers (1805) 1 0

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Circulations of Montagu, Mary Wortley, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Montagu, Mary Wortley, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley 1725 is portrait of
ZZ*Letter mentioning Lady Montagu (à D'Hermenches) Charrière, Isabelle de 1764 comments on person
*Remark in private letter Riccoboni, Marie-Jeanne 1767 comments on person
*Art. in Algemeene Konst- en Letterbode Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1803 comments on person
Leevensberigt van Mejuffrouw Mary Wortley Montagu Unknown translator (to be identified) 1805 is obituary of
Les femmes illustres de l'Europe The glorious women of Europe Drohojowska, Antoinette-Joséphine-Françoise-Anne 1822 is biography of
Ueber die Kinderblattern About chicken pox Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1824 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1838 -
Engelske forfatterinder English Authoresses Horn, Erik Frederik Barth 1858 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1863 -
*Mention in Art. in De Gids Reinhart Pieter Dozy 1865 -
Lady Montague over Rotterdam Henriette van *S. 1876 comments on person
*Mention in Art. in De Gids J. A. F. L. van Heeckeren 1885 -
Kvindesagen The Woman Question Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1888 comments on person
*The social advancement of women in this century Millicent Fawcett 1888 comments on person
Märkvärdiga qvinnor. Serie 1, Utländska qvinnor. Remarkable women. Series 1, Foreign women Fries, Ellen 1890 is biography of
*Review article on Montagu Caminer Turra, Elisabetta None comments on person

MENTIONED IN: - Lettres européennes (Dutch version 1994) II, 611.

Married (to Edward Wortley Montagu, 1712), separated in 1739. 1 son: Edward Wortley Montagu the younger, and 1 daughter: Mary Countess of Bute.

Letter writer; traveled to Turkey. Translator from Ancient Greek.
Collaborated with:
- Writer, courtier and memoirist John Hervey (friend).
- Writer Alexander Pope (admirer, but they later publicly fell out).