Catherine Grand

Catherine Grand
Madame Grand, 1783 portrait by Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Born	Catherine Noël Worlée 21 November 1762 Tranquebar, Danish India (now Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	10 December 1834 (1834-12-11) (aged 73) Paris, Kingdom of France
Resting place	Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris
Other names	Madame Grand Catherine Noël Grand de Talleyrand-Périgord, Princesse de Bénévent
Occupation	Courtesan
Spouses	George François Grand ​ ​ (m. 1777, separation)​ Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord ​ ​ (m. 1802, divorced)​

Catherine Noël Grand (née Worlée; 21 November 1762– 10 December 1834) was a French courtesan and noblewoman. She was the daughter of a colonial officer in French India, who became the mistress and later the wife of French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the first Prime Minister of France. From 1806 until her death she was Catherine Noël de Talleyrand-Périgord, Princesse de Bénévent. She was known for her beauty.^[1]