Adele Livingston de Talleyrand-Périgord, Marquise de Talleyrand, Duchess de Dino (née Sampson; formerly Stevens) (August 23, 1841 – July 19, 1912) was an American heiress and philanthropist, known for her two marriages.
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Early life and education
Adele was born in New York City on August 23, 1841. She was the only child of Joseph Sampson (1793–1872) and Adele Sampson (née Livingston) Sampson of the prominent American Livingston family). Her father was a merchant and co-founder of the Chemical Bank, the precursor to JPMorgan Chase.
Her paternal grandparents were the Rev. Ezra Sampson and Mary (née Bourne) Sampson. Her maternal grandparents were Julia Adel (née Broome) Livingston, a daughter of John Broome, who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1804 to 1810, and John Walter Livingston (a great-grandson of Philip Livingston). Her aunt, Julia Livingston, was the wife of the Rev. Henry Philip Tappan.
Society life
As a member of the prominent Livingston family that married into the Stevens family before marrying into the French House of Talleyrand-Périgord, Adele was known in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. After her first marriage, she lived in a $2,000,000 mansion at 57th Street and Fifth Avenue (which was later sold to William C. Whitney). In Newport, they had a home on Bellevue Avenue called "The Cedars". During her lifetime, she devoted much of her means to charities in New York and in Paris.