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{{Short description|Russian princess (1783–1857)}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2021}}
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| name = Catherine Bagration
| image = Princesse Bagration by Jean-Baptiste Isabey (ts).png
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| succession =
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| spouse = [[Pyotr Bagration]] <br/>[[John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden|John Hobart Caradoc]]
| issue = [[Marie-Clementine Bagration]] (illegitimate)
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| religion = [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]
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[[Princess]] '''Catherine Bagration''' ({{
==Early life and ancestry==
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In Europe Princess Bagration was a great success, and became well known in court circles. She became notorious everywhere and was called ''le Bel Ange Nu'' ("the beautiful nude angel")<ref>Originally by Prince Klemens von Metternich.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}</ref> because of her passion for revealing dresses, and ''Chatte Blanche'' ("the White Cat"), because of her unlimited sensuality. [[Lord Palmerston]] noted in his memoirs that the Princess only wore translucent Indian muslin, which adhered closely to her figure. From her mother, however, she had inherited an angelic face, alabaster white skin, blue eyes, and a cascade of golden hair. Even when she was thirty it was said she still had the skin of a fifteen-year-old.
Her husband the Prince, however, refused to hear a word said against her, insisting that the affairs of his household were his business alone; she was his wife and he would stand up for her. Her huge expenditure on receptions and clothes belied her claims of sickness, but he remained a generous husband and continued to pay her bills. The Prince even remonstrated with the Princess's mother, who had
There were rumors about her connection with the Saxon diplomat Count Friedrich von der [[Schulenburg (surname)|Schulenburg]], a Prince of [[Kingdom of Württemberg|Württemberg]], Lord [[Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry|Charles Stewart]] and others. [[Goethe]] met her in [[Karlovy Vary|Karlsbad]], and admired her beauty; she had just started a new romance with [[Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806)|Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia]], who ended his relationship with Princess Eleonore of [[Solms-Hohensolms-Lich]] for her.
==Life in Vienna==
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In the same year she moved to Paris, where the secret police kept her luxurious mansion at number 45 [[Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré]] under surveillance. Informants hired to follow the princess constantly sent them reports. One informant wrote: "This lady is very well known in high society due to her political influence and coquetry. On Monday night, quite late, two Poles left her, and one of them, Count Stanislas Potocki<ref>Stanisław (Stanisławowicz) Potocki, a relation by marriage of Princess Catherine.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}</ref> returned. Such antics are frequent. .. the Duchess is very fickle. "
She counted many Parisian celebrities among her close friends: [[Stendhal]], [[Benjamin Constant]], the [[Marquis de Custine]], even the Queen of Greece. The Princess's cook for a time was [[Marie-Antoine Carême]], the founder of [[
==Second marriage, separation and death==
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