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Eliza monroe hay wikipedia

          Elizabeth Kortright Monroe Hay (December – January 27, ) was an American socialite who acted as unofficial First Lady during her father James....

          Elizabeth Hay may refer to: Elizabeth Hay (novelist) (born ), Canadian writer; Elizabeth Monroe Hay, full name of Eliza Monroe Hay (–); Elizabeth.

        1. Due to the fragile condition of Monroe's health, many of her duties as the official White House hostess were assumed by her eldest daughter, Eliza Monroe Hay.
        2. Elizabeth Kortright Monroe Hay (December – January 27, ) was an American socialite who acted as unofficial First Lady during her father James.
        3. American socialite who acted as unofficial First Lady during her father James Monroe's presidency.
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          5. Eliza Monroe Hay

          American socialite

          Elizabeth Kortright Monroe Hay (December 1786 – January 27, 1840) was an American socialite who acted as unofficial First Lady during her father James Monroe's presidency, as her mother's health kept her away from many White House duties.

          She was married to prominent attorney George Hay.

          Biography

          Elizabeth “Eliza” Kortright Monroe was born to James Monroe and Elizabeth Monroe (née Kortright)[1] in December 1786 in Virginia.

          She spent much of her childhood in Paris during the French Revolution, when her father was the American minister to France. She attended school at Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur, the school set up by Henriette Campan, a former lady-in-waiting to Marie Antionette.

          While at the school, Hay "befriended many women of European royal families", including Hortense de Beauharnais, daughter of Josephine de Beauharnais and future mother of Napoleon III.[2]

          In 1803, at the age of 17, Hay returne