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Emmanuelle of Dampierre
Duchess of Anjou
Emanuelle in 1940s
Consort of the Legitimists pretender to the French throne
Pretendence28 February 1941 - 20 March 1975
Born8 November 1913
Palazzo Ruspoli, Roma, Italy
Died2 May 2012
Palazzo Ruspoli, Roma, Italy
Spouse
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(m. 1935; div. 1947)​
Antonio Sozzani
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(m. 1949)​
Issue
Names
Vittoria Jeanne Emmanuelle Joséphine Pierre Marie de Dampierre
HouseHouse of Bourbon
FatherRoger of Dampierre, viscount of Dampierre and Duke of San Lorenzo Nuovo
MotherDonna Vittoria Ruspoli

Emmanuelle of Dampierre , Duchess of Anjou and Duchess of Segovia (courtesy titles), born in Rome, Italy, on 8th November 1913 and died in the same city on 2nd may 2012 [1] · [2] · [3], is the first wife of Infante Jaime, Duke of Anjou and Duke of Segovia, Legitimist pretender to the throne of France and Alphonsist and Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain, and is therefore considered by her supporters as queen consort of France and Spain.

Family

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Emmanuelle of Dampierre with her mother and her brother and sister.

Emmanuelle of Dampierre was the eldest daughter of Viscount Roger of Dampierre (1892-1975) [4], Pontifical Duke of San Lorenzo Nuovo [5], and nobleman of Viterbo, and his Italian wife Donna Vittoria Ruspoli (1892-1982), daughter of the prince of Poggio Suasa and Cerveteri, Emanuele Ruspoli[6]. Her parents divorced in 1930 and her father remarried in 1937 to Raymonde Dreyfus (1907-1967), great-niece of French Captain Alfred Dreyfus [7].

Biography

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Vittoria Jeanne Emmanuelle Joséphine Pierre Marie de Dampierre was born on 8 novembre 1913 in her maternal family’s house, Palazzo Ruspoli inRome.

Her adolescence was severely marked by her parents’s divorce in 1930 and by the financial difficulties of her mother experienced following this event. Penniless, Emmanuelle's family therefore pushed her to find a good match, which seemed to happen when she married in 1935 the second son of the deposed King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg [8], Infante Jaime of Bourbon, who bore the courtesy title of Duke of Segovia (which Franco would never officially grant them). Her fiancé was deaf, it’s for this reason that his father, King Alfonso, forced his second son to renounce to the claim of the Spanish throne.

Spanish coat of arms of the Duchess of Segovia after 1938.

For some Spanish royalists, who consider her husband's renunciation (which he would reject in 1949) to be null and void, she is even the future Queen of Spain. Same, she’s consider by the french legitimists as the future Queen of France.

Emmanuelle de Dampierre married the Infante Jaime of Bourbon (Jaime de Bórbon y Battenberg) on 5 March in the Baroque church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Rome. Many guests are attending like the King Alfonso XIII, Prince Christopher of Greece, Grand Duke Dimitri of Russia, Infanta Christina (and other groom’s siblings), the French and Brazilian ambassadors to Italy, and Princess Radziwill, the groom’s mother, queen Victoria Eugenie were not present[9].

On this occasion the princess received a basket, offered by her new father-in-law King Alfonso XIII. The latter includes among other things " a tiara, a very long pearl necklace, black pearls, sapphires, etc. ". The value of the basket is similar to that received by the Infanta Beatriz at her wedding [9]. The marriage of Emmanuelle and Jaime was the third wedding of the deposed King of Spain’s children, after the marriage of Alfonso, prince of Asturias on June 1933, and Infanta Beatriz on January 1935.

Emmanuelle of Dampierre and her husband Infante Jaime in 1935.

However, the marriage was short-lived. Emmanuelle of Dampierre soon discovered that her husband was unfaithful, a spendthrift and also had alcoholism problems[10]. Over the years, the couple's relationship deteriorated, despite the birth of their two sons, Alfonso on 1936 and Gonzalo on 1937. The couple eventually separated in 1947 and their two children were sent to a boarding school in Switzerland, where they spent most of their school holidays. Following this event, the two children became very close with their grandmother, Queen Ena, who give the nickname of « Gangan ».

Emmanuelle accompanied by her husband, her sister-in-law the Infanta Beatriz and the latter's husband.

Two years later, Emmanuelle remarried in a civil ceremony in Italy with the Italian banker Antonio Sozzani (1918-2007), president of the Banca di Credito di Milano and then of the Banque Indosuez (Italian branch), from whom she separated two decades later. Emmanuelle’s second wedding was totally different than her first, Antonio Sozzani was very kind with her and grant her some flowers even after their separation.


The 1980s were a very difficult period for Emmanuelle de Dampierre. After three years of separation, his eldest son, Alphonse de Bourbon, and his wife, Carmen Martinez-Bordiu divorced in 1982. Two years later, in 1984, a serious car accident claimed the life of the Duke's eldest son, François de Bourbon (1972-1984), while Alphonse and his second son were seriously injured. Finally, when Alfonso was on flirt with the archiduchesse Constanta (granddaughter of the deposed last emperor of Austria) in 1989, he died of a serious neck injury in a skiing accident in the United States.

The Duchess of Segovia at the wedding of her eldest son Alfonso, future Duke of Cadiz in 1972.

Emmanuelle of Dampierre then sought to take her last grandson, Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, under her wing, but it was ultimately with his other grandmother, María del Carmen Franco y Polo (1926-2017), that he settled. The Duchess of Anjou and Segovia, however, accompanied the Legitimist pretender or represented him during various official ceremonies, such as the anniversary mass of the death of Louis XVI which took place every January 21. Emmanuelle of Dampierre’s also became involved in the quarrels between Orléans and Bourbons, as shown by her statements when the Count of Paris grant to his nephew the courtesy title of Duke of Anjou [11] . Emmanuelle’s first husband, Infante Jaime, died in 1975. Since this event, she was know (for the legitimists) has the Queen dowager or Duchess dowager of Anjou and Segovia.

In 2003, the Spanish press gave wide coverage to the publication of Emmanuelle de Dampierre's memoirs. : El Mundo and Hello! published long excerpts from it, while the newspaper ABC [12] and the daily El País gave unflattering reviews. The Duchess of Anjou and Segovia talk about her sad youth and her first wedding. The Spanish royal family don’t appreciate the book because the duchess said that her children were the true heirs of the last king Alfonso XIII.

The Spanish royal family invited him and his grandson to the wedding of the Prince of Asturias and Letizia Ortiz (current King and Queen of Spain) [13]. Emmanuelle of Dampierre and the Duchess of Calabria were, at this time, the last aunts of King Juan Carlos.

She died on poverty, on 2 mai 2012 in Rome at the age of 98. Her funeral was celebrated on 11 mai 2012, at the Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce church, by the family chaplain Christian-Philippe Chanut . She was then buried in the Dampierre family vault in the Passy cemetery [14]. None of the Spanish royal family became to the funerals, king Juan Carlos only sent a floral wreath.

Marriages and descendants

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On 4, she married in Rome, in the church of Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, the Infante Jaime of Bourbon (1908-1975), Duke of Segovia, second son of King Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena, who went into exile and was then deposed by the Spanish Republic [15]. During this event, many guests are attend like her new father-in-law, the ex-King Alphonse XIII, as well as the elite which is very well represented as evidenced by the presence of Prince Christopher of Greece and his wife, Grand Duke Dimitri, Infanta Christine (and the other members of the siblings) or even Princess Radziwill, and even the Crown Prince of Italy and his wife, as well as the Queen of Portugal . Foreign representatives such as the French and Brazilian ambassadors to Italy are also present [9]. Shortly after their wedding, the princely couple were received in a private audience by Pope Pius XI. Note that a large number of princes from the House of Orléans were present at the wedding of the one who fought them all her life.

Jacques-Henri and Emmanuelle subsequently have two children. :

On a purely civil level, the marriage of Emmanuelle of Dampierre and Infante Jaime was annulled [16] by the civil court of Ilfov, in Bucharest, Romania, on 6. The civil annulment was then validated in Italy by the Turin Court of Appeal presided over [17] by Domenico Riccardo Peretti Griva, who ordered its transcription to the civil registry of Rome on 3. However, the union is never annulled by the Church and remains valid in France Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). and Spain. In 2012, the Duke of Anjou announced the death of his paternal grandmother, describing her as « widow of Mgr (H.R.H) Jacques de Bourbon, Duke of Anjou and Segovia » . That’s for this reason than the Spanish royal family never granted Infante Jaime’s second wife the title of Duchess of Segovia.

On 21, Emmanuelle of Dampierre remarried in a civil ceremony in Vienna, Austria, with Antonio Sozzani (1918-2007), a stockbroker and then bank president and son of the Milanese banker Cesare Sozzani and Cristina Alemani. This marriage also ended in divorce even though the couple had a good relationship.

Title and decorations

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The titles currently held by members of the House of Bourbon have no legal existence in France - nor does the Ducal title of Segovia in Spain - and are considered courtesy titles. They are awarded by the eldest of the Capetian dynasty . Wife and then widow of the Duke of Anjou and Segovia, Emmanuelle de Dampierre bore the following titles: :

  • 8 novembre 1913 — 5 March : Mademoiselle Emmanuelle de Dampierre ;
  • 5 March — 29 septembre 1936 : Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Segovia (her husband being a prince of the royal blood of France) ;
  • 29 septembre 1936 — 6 septembre 1938 : Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Segovia (her husband having become a son of France) ;
  • 6 septembre 1938 — 28 février 1941 : Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Segovia, Dauphine of France ;
  • 28 février 1941 — 29 March : Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Segovia ;
  • 29 March — 3 août 1975 : Her Royal Highness Madame the Duchess of Anjou and Segovia ;
  • 3 août 1975 — 16 décembre 1986 : Her Royal Highness Madame the Dowager Duchess of Anjou, Duchess of Segovia (while her daughter-in-law was Duchess of Anjou) ;
  • 16 décembre 1986 — 6 novembre 2004 : Her Royal Highness Madame the Duchess of Anjou and Segovia ;
  • 6 novembre 2004 — 2 mai 2012 : Her Royal Highness Madame the Dowager Duchess of Anjou, Duchess of Segovia (since her grandson's wife was Duchess of Anjou).

Distinctions

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Coat of arms

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Since 28 February 1941, Emmanuelle of Dampierre bore [20] a coat of arms composed on the right of the full arms of France, and on the left of the arms of the house of Dampierre, shields surmounted by the fleur-de-lis crown of the kings of France .

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The role of Emmanuelle de Dampierre is played by actress Fiorella Faltoyano in the first and second episodes of the Spanish miniseries Alfonso, el príncipe maldito (2010) [21].

Ancestry

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16. Aymar, marquis de Dampierre, pair de France
8. Vicomte Henri de Dampierre
17. Julie Charlotte d’Abbadie de Saint-Germain
4. Richard de Dampierre, 1er duc de San Lorenzo Nuovo
18. Francis Proteus Corbin
9. Elizabeth Tayloe Corbin
19. Agnes Rebecca Hamilton
2. Roger de Dampierre, 2e duc de San Lorenzo Nuovo
20. Antoine Carraby
10. Pierre Étienne Carraby, avocat à la Cour d'appel de Paris
21. Jeanne Marie Leroy
5. Jeanne Marie Carraby
22. Charles Ybry, maire de Neuilly-sur-Seine
11. Marie Marguerite Ybry
23. Clotilde Delbar
1. Emmanuelle de Dampierre
24. Don Francesco Ruspoli, 3e prince de Cerveteri
12. Prince Don Bartolomeo Ruspoli
25. Comtesse Maria Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch
6. Don Emanuele Ruspoli, 1er prince de Poggio Suasa
26. Valerio Ratti
13. Carolina Ratti
27. Luigia Masucci
3. Princesse Donna Vittoria Ruspoli de Poggio Suasa
28. Lewis Agur Curtis
14. Joseph David Beers-Curtis
29. Mary Elizabeth Beers
7. Josephine Mary Beers-Curtis
30. George Washington Giles
15. Elizabeth Shipton Giles
31. Elizabeth Ogden

Works

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  • Emmanuelle of Dampierre, " Preface letter » in Jean Silve de Ventavon (1989). La légitimité des lys et le duc d’Anjou. Reflets de l'histoire (in French). Paris: Éditions Fernand Lanore ; François Sorlot, éditeur. p. 233. ISBN 2-85157-060-9. Jean Silve de Ventavon (1989). La légitimité des lys et le duc d’Anjou. Reflets de l'histoire (in French). Paris: Éditions Fernand Lanore ; François Sorlot, éditeur. p. 233. ISBN 2-85157-060-9. .
  • Emmanuelle of Dampierre, " Preface letter » in Jean-Louis Picoche (1998). La vie est un bal masqué (in French). Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust: Elor. p. 248. ISBN 2-907524-95-X. Jean-Louis Picoche (1998). La vie est un bal masqué (in French). Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust: Elor. p. 248. ISBN 2-907524-95-X. .
  • de Dampierre, Emanuela; Aranguren, Begoña (2003). Memorias. Esposa y madre de los Borbones que pudieron reinar en España. Biografías y Memorias (in Spanish). Madrid: La Esfera de los Libros. p. 412. ISBN 8497341414.

Notes and references

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Communiqué du décès par l’Institut Duc d’Anjou
  2. ^ Esquela ABC, avec la date du 3 mai.
  3. ^ Héraldique européenne... le blog
  4. ^ Titre de courtoisie.
  5. ^ Duca di San Lorenzo. Maison de Dampierre
  6. ^ Quid, « Descendants des anciens souverains »
  7. ^ Alain Bugnicourt (août 2006). "BioGénéalogie simplifiée d'Alfred Dreyfus" (PDF). cyberbiologie.net. p. 4. Retrieved 19 octobre 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
  8. ^ Pour certains auteurs, il s’agirait même d’un mariage forcé. El Mundo, « Don Alfonso, de visita en La Zarzuela: “Aquí debería estar yo” », 22 octobre 2003
  9. ^ a b c "Duchess of Segovia Emanuelle Dampierre|Jaime de Bourbon Royal Wedding|Historic Sapphire Necklace Marie Christine, Queen of Spain| Royal Jewel History". royal-magazin.de. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  10. ^ El Mundo, « Memorias y olvidos de Emanuela de Dampierre », 23 octobre 2003.
  11. ^ « Apanage en débat » sur Royal artillerie
  12. ^ ABC, « Fantasmas de palacio », 18 octobre 2003
  13. ^ "Spanish Royals — Guest list of the wedding of the Prince of..." spanishroyals.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
  14. ^ Pure People
  15. ^ Law of the 26 November 1931 by the Cortes
  16. ^ Wilde 2013, p. 127.
  17. ^ Wilde 2013, p. 126.
  18. ^ Numen Digital
  19. ^ a b Cette décoration n’est qu’une revendication, résultant du fait que le duc de Ségovie se déclara chef des ordres espagnols (dont l’Ordre de la reine Marie-Louise) en 1941.
  20. ^ Héraldique européenne... le blog
  21. ^ Informations sur l’IMDB.

See also

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Bibliography

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  • José Apezarena (2007). Luis Alfonso de Borbón. Un príncipe a la espera (in Spanish). Barcelone: Plaza & Janés. p. 604. ISBN 978-84-01-30552-8..
  • Marc Dem, Le duc d’Anjou m’a dit — La vie de l’aîné des Bourbons, Perrin, Paris, 1989, 177 p. ISBN 226200725X
  • Jean Silve de Ventavon, La légitimité des lys et le duc d’Anjou, Éditions Fernand Lanore, coll. « Reflets de l'histoire », Paris, 1989, 233 p. ISBN 2851570609
  • José María Zavala (2006). Don Jaime, el trágico Borbón : La maldición del hijo sordomudo de Alfonso XIII. Historia del Siglo XX (in Spanish). Madrid: La Esfera de los Libros. p. 424. ISBN 978-84-9734-565-1.
  • de Wilde, Yvan; Dubus Vaillant, Nicole (2013). À l'ombre du trône d'Espagne, Charlotte de Bourbon, duchesse de Ségovie (in French). Antibes: Éditions Vaillant. p. 256. ISBN 978-2-916986-43-2. Wilde2013.

Online press

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  • (es) Rodolfo Vargas Rubio, « Emanuela de Dampierre, duquesa de Segovia » dans El Manifiesto.com du 8 novembre 2008.
  • Daniel de Montplaisir, « On l’appelait « Madame » » (version du 16 juillet 2014 sur Internet Archive), sur le site de l'Institut Duc d'Anjou, 21 mai 2012.
  • La Claudis (24 juin 2014). "El milagro de la genética". Achilipú (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 février 2017. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help). La extraordinaria resemblanza de los ancestros del duque de Cádiz : article d'un blog dominicain comparant des photographies des Dampierre et des ducs d'Anjou.
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