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Napoléon Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord
Duke of Montmorency
Born(1867-03-22)22 March 1867
Paris, France
Died26 September 1951(1951-09-26) (aged 84)
Paris, France
Spouse
Anne de Rohan-Chabot
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(m. 1891; died 1903)​

Cécile Ulman Blumenthal
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(m. 1917; died 1927)​

Gabrielle Lefaivre Grandjean
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(m. 1950; died 1951)​
HouseTalleyrand-Périgord
FatherNicolas Raoul Adalbert de Talleyrand-Périgord
MotherIda Marie Carmen Aguado y MacDonnel

Napoléon Louis Eugène Alexandre Anne Emmanuel de Talleyrand-Périgord (22 March 1867 – 26 September 1951), 8th Duke of Montmorency, was a French aristocrat and soldier.

Early life

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Portrait of his mother, Carmen Aguado, Duchesse de Montmorency, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1860

He was born on 22 March 1867 in Paris, France. He was the only son of Nicolas Raoul Adalbert de Talleyrand-Périgord (1837–1915), Duke of Montmorency, and Ida Marie Carmen Aguado y MacDonnel (1847–1880). His mother died in Arcachon, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine in 1880.[1] His father was prominent at the Court of Napoleon III and was a member of the Union Artistique.[2]

His maternal grandparents were Alexandre Aguado, 2nd Marqués of las Marismas del Guadalquivir and Claire Emilie MacDonnel, a lady-in-waiting to Empress Eugénie.[3] His paternal grandparents were Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord and, his first wife, Anne Louise Charlotte de Montmorency.[4] Among his extended paternal family were Caroline Valentine de Talleyrand-Périgord (wife of Vicomte Charles Henri d'Etchegoyen), Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th Duke of Talleyrand-Périgord,[5] His great-aunt, Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, married Henri de Castellane.[6] From his grandfather's second marriage to Rachel Elisabeth Pauline de Castellane (widow of Max von Hatzfeldt and daughter of Boniface de Castellane),[4] his aunt was Marie Dorothée Louise Valençay de Talleyrand-Périgord (wife of Karl Egon IV, the Prince of Furstenberg and Jean de Castellane).

Career

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Upon the death of his father in 1915,[2] he became the Duke of Montmorency (third creation). The title had originally been created in 1688 as the Duke of Beaufort (second creation) but was changed to Duke of Montmorency in 1689. Before he succeeded to the title, he was known as the Count of Périgord.[7]

In 1917, he was a Captain on the General Staff of the French Army.[7] He was an honorary member of the Society of the Cincinnati, the fraternal, hereditary society founded in 1783 to commemorate the American Revolutionary War for descendants of military officers who served in the Continental Army.[8]

Personal life

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The Duke was married three times. His first marriage was on 30 June 1891 in Paris to Marie-Joséphine-Henriette-Anne de Rohan-Chabot (1873–1903). She was the eldest daughter of Alain de Rohan-Chabot, 11th Duke of Rohan and Herminie de La Brousse de Verteillac. Her sister Marie de Rohan Chabot,[9] was the wife of Prince Lucien Napoléon Murat,[10] and Count Charles de Chambrun.[11][12][13] Her brother, Josselin de Rohan Chabot, 12th Duke of Rohan,[14] was killed in 1916 during World War I.[15] She died in Paris in 1903.[16]

Second marriage

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After the death of his first wife, he married wealthy American heiress Cécile (née Ulman) Blumenthal (1863–1927) on 14 November 1917 at the Church of Saint-Pierre-du-Gros-Caillou in Paris.[17] She was escorted down the aisle by U.S. Ambassador William G. Sharp.[17] The widow of New York leather merchant Ferdinand Blumenthal, Cécile lived at 34 Avenue du Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris before their marriage, later known as the Hôtel Blumenthal-Montmorency (designed by French architect Henri Paul Nénot).[7] From her marriage to Blumenthal, she had two sons, Joseph Ferdinand William Blumenthal, a diplomat, and Cecil Charles Blumenthal.[18][a] Her sister, Blanche Ulman, was the wife of diplomat, and later Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, Milenko Radomar Vesnić.[7] Upon her death in Paris on 9 April 1927,[22] her entire American estate was inherited by her two sons from her first marriage. He did, however, inherit from her French estate.[18] Shortly after her death, the Hôtel Blumenthal-Montmorency was sold for 8-million francs to Simón Iturri Patiño who gave it to his daughter Graziella.[23]

Third marriage

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After her death, he married Gabrielle-Ida (née Lefaivre) Grandjean (1896–1985) on 21 February 1950. The widow of industrialist Armand-Augustin-Georges Grandjean, she was a daughter of the French diplomat Alexis-Jules Lefaivre, Minister Plenipotentiary, and Isabelle de Lagotellerie, she had been born in Valparaíso, Chile.[24] where her father was stationed.[25]

The Duke died in Paris on 26 September 1951 at which time the dukedom of Montmorency became extinct. His widow died in 1985.[26]

Notes

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  1. ^ Cecil Blumenthal (c. 1884–1965), who changed his surname to Blunt after Cécile married the Duke of Montmorency,[19] was vice president of the F. Blumenthal Company.[20] Upon his 1919 marriage to Donna Anna Letitia Pecci, only daughter of Count and Countess Camillo Pecci of Rome,[18] Cecil was made a Count as a wedding present from Pope Benedict XV (in memory of Anna's great-uncle, Pope Leo XIII), and double-barrelled his surname to Pecci-Blunt.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Liquidation confondue des successions d'Alexandre Marie Jean Manuel Aguado et de son fils Edgar Pierre Aguado entre leurs héritiers, sa veuve, Émilie Claire Mac Donell, épouse en secondes noces d'Onésipe Gonsalve Jean Alexandre Olympe Aguado et de ses trois enfants issus de son premier mariage, Alexandre Marie Aguado, Arthur Olympe Georges Aguado et Carmen Ida Maria Aguado". FranceArchives. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Duke de Montmorency". The New York Times. 27 March 1915. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  3. ^ Michelet, Maxime (16 January 2020). L'impératrice Eugénie - Une vie politique (in French). Editions du Cerf. p. 247. ISBN 978-2-204-13761-4. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b Dino (duchesse de), Dorothée (1909). Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino: 1831-1835. W. Heinemann. p. 346. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Talleyrand Dead. Wed Anna Gould. Duke Was Known as Prince of Sagan at Time of Courtship in First of Century". New York Times. October 27, 1937. Retrieved 2011-11-18. Marie Pierre Camille Louis Helie de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince of Sagan and fifth Duke of Talleyrand, was a principal in one of the international marriage of the first decade of this century. He married Anna Gould, heir to more than $80,000,000 of the fortune of her father, the late Jay Gould, after she had divorced his cousin, Count Boni de Castellane. ...
  6. ^ "Napoléon-Louis Talleyrand-Périgord (1811-1898) - Author - Resources from the BnF". data.bnf.fr. Biblitheque nationale de France. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d "MRS. BLUMENTHAL TO MARRY A DUKE; Widow of New York Leather Merchant Engaged to Member of Montmorency Family.CAPTAIN IN FRENCH ARMYBride to be, a Resident of Paris for 20 Years, Is a Sister of JosephS. and J. Stevens Ulman". The New York Times. 20 October 1917. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  8. ^ Cincinnati, Society of the (1953). Roster of the Society of the Cincinnati. The Society. p. 104. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  9. ^ "MME. DE CHAMBURN, WIFE OF EX-ENVOY; French Author Dies in Paris-- Countess' Husband Served as Ambassador to Italy". The New York Times. 11 Oct 1951. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  10. ^ "PRINCE LUCIEN MURAT DIES IN EXILE AT 63; Russian Refugee in Morocco Descendant of One-Time King of Naples". The New York Times. 21 December 1933.
  11. ^ TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (1 August 1934). "WEDDING IN OCTOBER FOR PRINCESS MURAT; Former Marie de Rohan-Chabot Will Be Bride of Count Charles de Chambrun". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  12. ^ "PRINCESS MURAT WED TO DIPLOMAT; Widow of Prince Lucien Is Bride in Rome of Count Charles de Chambrun". The New York Times. 23 November 1934. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  13. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (7 November 1952). "COUNT CHAMBRUN, FRENCH DIPLOMAT; Pro-War Ambassador to Rome Dies in Paris--Served in Many Posts in Europe". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  14. ^ "DUKE OF ROHAN WOUNDED.; Nobleman Who Is a French Cavalryman, Hit at Douaumont". The New York Times. 5 March 1916. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  15. ^ Almanach de Gotha: annuaire généalogique, diplomatique et statistique (in French). J. Perthes. 1924. p. 543. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  16. ^ Annuaire de la noblesse de France (in French). Au Bureau de la publication. 1905. p. 116. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  17. ^ a b "MRS. F. BLUMENTHAL IS NOW A DUCHESS; Widow of New York Merchant Wed to the Duke of Montmorency in Paris.CAPTAIN IN FRENCH ARMY Ambassador Sharp Escorts Bride tothe Altar in the Church of ..." The New York Times. 17 November 1917. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  18. ^ a b c "DUCHESS'S TWO SONS GET AMERICAN ESTATE; Husband, Comte de Perigord, Not Mentioned in Will Here -- Shares French Property". The New York Times. 16 June 1927. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Duchess's Son Changes His Name". The New York Times. 26 April 1918. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  20. ^ "TO WED COUNT'S DAUGHTER; C.C. Blunt's Engagement to Donna Anna L. Pecci Announced". The New York Times. 7 May 1919. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Cecil Charles Blunt (c.1884-1965)". househistree.com. HouseHistree. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  22. ^ "DUCHESS DE MONTMORENCY; Former New York Woman Dies Suddenly at Her Home in Paris". The New York Times. 10 April 1927. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  23. ^ "L'Hôtel Blumenthal". househistree.com. HouseHistree. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  24. ^ Botto, René (2008). L'Isle-Adam et sa région pendant la Seconde guerre mondiale (in French). les Amis de l'Isle-Adam. ISBN 978-2-9527920-1-1. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  25. ^ Martin, Georges (1 January 1996). Histoire et généalogie des maisons de Chabot et de Rohan-Chabot (in French). FeniXX. p. 68. ISBN 978-2-307-39435-8. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  26. ^ Proust, Marcel (29 September 2017). Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit. Gesamtausgabe: Bände 1–8: Vollständige Textausgabe mit Kommentarband (in German). Reclam Verlag. p. 3316. ISBN 978-3-15-961800-5. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
French nobility
Preceded by Duke of Montmorency
1915–1951 		Succeeded by
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