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Violet Trefusis (''née'' Keppel; 6 June 1894 – 29 February 1972)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.geni.com/people/Violet-Trefusis/6000000006824466121 )〕 was an English writer and socialite. She is chiefly remembered for her lengthy affair with the poet Vita Sackville-West, which the two women continued after their respective marriages to men. Trefusis wrote novels and non-fiction works, both in English and French.〔Brown, Susan, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy, eds. VIOLET TREFUSIS entry: overview screen within ''Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present.'' Cambridge University Press online, 2006. http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=trefvi〕 The affair was featured in novels by both parties, in Virginia Woolf's novel ''Orlando: A Biography'', and in many letters and memoirs of the period, roughly 1912–1922. Many are preserved at Yale University Library. Trefusis also inspired other fiction and was featured as a pivotal character in these novels, including "Lady Montdore" in Nancy Mitford's ''Love in a Cold Climate'' and "Muriel" in Harold Acton's ''The Soul's Gymnasium''.〔Holroyd 2011, p238〕 ==Early life== Born Violet Keppel, she was the daughter of Alice Keppel, later a mistress of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and her husband, The Hon. George Keppel, a son of the 7th Earl of Albemarle. But members of the Keppel family thought her biological father was William Beckett, subsequently 2nd Baron Grimthorpe, a banker and MP for Whitby. Violet lived her early youth in London, where the Keppel family had a house in Portman Square. When she was four years old, her mother Alice Keppel became the favourite mistress of Albert Edward (Bertie), the Prince of Wales, who was crowned as King Edward VII on 22 January 1901. He paid visits to the Keppel household in the afternoon around tea-time, on a regular basis until the end of his life in 1910. (George Keppel, who was aware of the affair, was conveniently absent at these times.)〔(Scandalous Love – The Life of Violet Trefusis Scandalous women : Violet Trefusis )〕 In 1900 Violet's only sibling, Sonia, was born. (Sonia is the grandmother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Violet was her great-aunt.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Violet Trefusis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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