Lady Sarah Child-Villiers
Lady Sarah Frederica Caroline Child-Villiers was an English aristocrat from the Villiers family who married into the Hungarian House of Esterházy. She was styled as Princess Esterházy of Galántha from 8 February 1842 until her death through her marriage to Nikolaus III, 9th Prince Esterházy of Galántha.
Early life
Lady Sarah was born in London, the daughter of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, and Lady Sarah Sophia Fane. Her mother was one of the famously patronesses of Almack's, the most exclusive social club in London, and a leader of the ton during the Regency era. Lady Jersey was known by the nickname Silence; the nickname was ironic since, famously, she almost never stopped talking. The memoirist Captain Gronow, who disliked her, called her "a theatrical tragedy queen", and considered her "ill-bred and inconceivably rude". She was also the eldest grandchild and heiress of Robert Child, the principal shareholder of the banking firm Child & Co.Her paternal grandmother, Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey, was one of the more notorious mistresses of King George IV when he was Prince of Wales.
She served as a bridesmaid at the wedding of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert in 1840.