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The Marquis de Lasteyrie
Photograph of Constance and the Count de Lasteyrie, 1912
Born
Guy Louis Jules de Lasteyrie du Saillant

(1879-10-03)3 October 1879
Died14 August 1944(1944-08-14) (aged 64)
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(m. 1912, divorced)​

Guy Louis Jules de Lasteyrie du Saillant, 5th Marquis de Lasteyrie du Saillant (3 October 1879 – 14 August 1944), of Ponthieu, was a member of the Lasteyrie du Saillant noble family of France.

Early life

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Château de la Grange-Bléneau.

Guy Louis Jules de Lasteyrie du Saillant was born on 3 October 1879 and from birth until his father's death in 1923, he was referred to as "Count" Guy de Lasteyrie as it was customary to refer to the eldest son of a marquis as "Count."[1] He was the eldest son of Louis Pierre Gilbert de Lasteyrie du Saillant, 4th Marquis de Lasteyrie du Saillant (1849–1923) and the English Olivia Elizabeth Goodlake (1853–1916), who were second cousins.[2] His younger brother was Louis de Lasteyrie du Saillant (who married Henriette Chodron de Courcel, a daughter of Baron Alphonse Chodron de Courcel).[1] His family had a home in Paris and in the French countryside, known as Château de la Grange-Bléneau.

Through his father's family, Guy was a great-great grandson of American Revolutionary War hero Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette through his youngest daughter,[3] Marie Antoinette Virginie du Motier, who married Louis de Lasteyrie, Marquis de Lasteyrie,[4] and had four children.[5] Their son, and Guy de Lasteyrie's grandfather, was Adrien Jules de Lasteyrie, who married Olivia de Rohan-Chabot (a daughter of the émigré Louis de Rohan, Vicomte de Chabot, and Lady Charlotte Fitzgerald).[5] His paternal great-uncle was Ambassador Philippe de Rohan-Chabot. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Mills Goodlake, the High Sheriff of Berkshire, and Emilia Maria (née Baker) Goodlake (a daughter of Lt. Col. Sir Edward Baker, 1st Baronet and Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald).[5][a]. His maternal uncle was Crimean War soldier Gerald Goodlake VC.

Career

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During World War I, his wife volunteered with the Red Cross of France by driving an ambulance while he fought with his cavalry regiment at the Front.[7]

In 1923, he officially became the Marquis de Lasteyrie du Saillant after the death of his father. His third cousin was Charles de Lasteyrie.[2]

Personal life

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On December 19, 1912, Guy was married to sculptor Constance Whitney Warren at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.[8][9] Constance, who shared his love of horses, was from a large and prominent American family.[10] She was the only daughter of George Henry Warren II, a granddaughter of George Henry Warren, cousin of Robert Walton Goelet and Edith, Lady Queensborough, and niece of Whitney Warren and Lloyd Warren, prominent architects.[11] After their marriage, they lived in an apartment in Paris and at the Château de la Grange outside of Paris. Guy and Constance were divorced in either 1920 or 1922.[12]

In 1934, Guy and his brother, Louis de Lasteyrie, sold the Château de la Grange-Bléneau to their cousin, René de Chambrun with a life tenancy.[5]

Guy died on 14 August 1944.

References

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Notes

  1. ^ His maternal great-grandmother, Lady Elizabeth Mary FitzGerald (1780–1857), was an older sister of a paternal great-grandmother's Lady Isabella Charlotte Fitzgerald (1784–1868), both being daughters of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster (1749–1804).[6][2]

Sources

  1. ^ a b de Ruvigny Ruvigny and Raineval (9th marquis of), Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. p. 894. Retrieved 18 March 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c "La Marquise De Fontenoy -- Guy DeLasteyrie, Married To New York Girl, A Descendant of Lafayette". The Baltimore Sun. 1 May 1923. p. 6. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. ^ MacArtney, Helen (22 July 1923). "AMERICANS PAY TRIBUTE AT GRAVE OF LAFAYETTE; Near His Burial Place Lie Hundreds of Victims of the Guillotine, Prayed For Perpetually by the Sisters in the Convent That Guards the Hallowed Ground". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  4. ^ Jefferson, Thomas (2016). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 42: 16 November 1803 to 10 March 1804. Princeton University Press. p. 551. ISBN 978-0-691-17046-6. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d Giniger, Henry (19 June 1956). "Lafayette Papers Found in Castle; An Unused Tower of a Chateau Near Paris Yields Trove of Lafayette's Papers". The New York Times. p. 31. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Leinster, Duke of (I, 1766)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Table Gossip". The Boston Globe. 23 August 1914. p. 50. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  8. ^ "CONSTANCE WARREN TO WED; Her Engagement to Comte Guy de Lasteyrle Announced In Paris". The New York Times. 26 October 1912. Retrieved 18 March 2020. The engagement is announced of Comte Guy de Lasteyrie, son of the Marquis and Marquise de Lasteyrie of Paris, to Constance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ...
  9. ^ "MISS WARREN WEDS COUNT; Few at Ceremony, Owing to Mrs. Goelet's Death". The New York Times. 20 December 1912. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  10. ^ Galleries, Ferargil (1953). Constance Whitney Warren: 1888-1948. Memorial Exhibition, February 2-15, 1953. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  11. ^ Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1915. p. 358. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  12. ^ Pollack, Deborah C. (2015). Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South. University of South Carolina Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61117-433-5. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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