14 Facts About Nancy Fish

Four years later, after an accidental meeting in Egypt, Fish married Demetrius Callias Bey, an Ottoman diplomat, nobleman and businessman.

Two years later, Nancy Fish entered a mutually beneficial business-like marriage with the Baron Lucien D'Alexandry D'Orengiani, a French nobleman.

Nancy Fish lived out the rest of her life in Europe as a baroness and died in 1927.

Nancy Fish was cremated and buried next to her second husband.

Nancy Fish was born in Blackburn, Lancashire on 22 April 1850 to Martha and John Fish, a Manchester cotton mill owner.

Nancy Fish accompanied Barnum during his European tours and was in constant communication with him through writing.

Nancy Fish married Barnum twice in 1874, at the Strand in London on 14 February and then at a Greek Orthodox church in New York City on 15 September in front of a large crowd.

Nancy Fish was 40 years his junior and was described in the American press as "a young pretty Lancashire lass".

In 1894, Nancy Fish visited Egypt where she was presented with a mummy that was being donated to the Scientific Society in Bridgeport.

Nancy Fish married Callias on 8 August 1895 at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in New York City, and only a few close friends knew of the ceremony.

Nancy Fish soon learned that Callias, who spoke little English, had exaggerated his wealth and, upon her return to New York City in March 1896, there were rumours that the couple would separate.

Callias died of liver failure on 22 September 1896 while Nancy Fish was in the United States, after which she sailed to Europe and never returned.

Nancy Fish died in Paris on 23 June 1927, possibly due to complications from a series of strokes she suffered eighteen months earlier.

Nancy Fish was cremated and then buried next to her second husband in the English Square of Grand Jas cemetery in Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France.