Henry Greffulhe

{{Short description|French heir, socialite and politician}} {{Infobox person | name = Henry Greffulhe | image = Comte Henry Greffulhe par Paul Nadar.jpg | caption = Photograph taken by Nadar in 1881 | birth_name = Henry Jules Charles Emmanuel Greffulhe | birth_date = 25 December 1848 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death-date and age|31 March 1932|25 December 1848}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = Politician | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (m.1881) | children = Élaine Greffulhe | parents = Louis-Charles Greffuhle<br/>Félicité-Pauline-Marie de la Rochefoucauld d'Estissac }} '''Count Henry Jules Charles Emmanuel Greffulhe''' (25 December 1848 – 31 March 1932) was a French heir, socialite and politician.<ref name="archiveshenry">{{cite web|title=Henry Greffulhe (1848-1932)|url=http://archives.seine-et-marne.fr/henry-greffulhe-1848-1932|website=Archives Departementales de Seine-et-Marne|accessdate=April 9, 2016}}</ref> He was the son of Louis-Charles Greffulhe and his wife, Félicité-Pauline-Marie de la Rochefoucauld d'Estissac.

He was a personal friend of author Marcel Proust.<ref name="archivesgreffulhe">{{cite web|title=GREFFULHE PAPIERS DE LA FAMILLE|url=http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/camt/fr/egf/donnees_efg/2006_064_M/2006_064_M_INV.pdf|website=Archives Nationales du Monde du Travail|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref> He has been pointed out as one of the main inspirations for the character of the ''duc de Guermantes'' in Proust’s novel, ''À la recherche du temps perdu''.<ref>Laure Hillerin, ''[http://www.comtessegreffulhe.fr/ La comtesse Greffulhe, l'Ombre des Guermantes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019100054/http://www.comtessegreffulhe.fr/ |date=2014-10-19 }}'', Paris, Flammarion, 2014 ( Part V, La chambre noire des Guermantes, p. 345-455.</ref>

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