Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay

Joseph de Caraman
19th Prince of Chimay
Personal information
Full nameMarie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet
Born(1858-07-04)4 July 1858
Paris, France
Died25 July 1937(1937-07-25) (aged 79)
Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium
Spouses
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(m. 1890; div. 1897)​
Anne Marie Charlotte Amélie Gilone Le Veneur de Tillières
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(m. 1920)​
Sport
SportFencing
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1900

Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet et de Caraman, 19th Prince de Chimay (4 July 1858 – 25 July 1937), known as Joseph de Caraman-Chimay, the younger, was a Belgian aristocrat and fencer. He was titled "Prince de Chimay" from 1892 until his death in 1937.[1]

Early life

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He was born to Joseph de Riquet, Prince de Chimay and Prince de Caraman (of Belgium), and Marie Joséphine Anatole de Montesquiou-Fézensac. Named for its Belgian "château de Chimay", his family was noted for its patronage of music and the arts.[2][3] One of his sisters was Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Countess Greffulhe.[4]

Career

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In 1897, the Prince and Georges Clemenceau (then the President of the Council of Paris, later the Prime Minister of France), fought a duel with swords over an article published by Clemenceau in L'Écho de Paris. "Both were wounded simultaneously, Clemenceau receiving a gash in the right arm and the Prince a slight scratch on the shoulder."[5]

The Prince de Chimay was a competitor in the individual épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[6][7] In 1903, he was injured in a car accident near the village of Rocrol while trying to avoid a cyclist. The car he was in overturned and his chauffeur was killed while he was seriously injured.[8]

In 1935, only his collection of art and historic documents and one wing of his château (which housed a theatre created by Madame Tallien, wife of the 16th Prince de Chimay) were saved when a fire burned the castle.[9]

Personal life

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On 19 May 1890 he married sixteen-year-old American heiress Clara Ward, a daughter of Capt. Eber Brock Ward.[10] Together, they were the parents of two children:

  • Marie Anatole Catherine Elisabeth, Comtesse de Caraman-Chimay (1891–1939), who married Georges De Cocq in 1918.
  • Joseph Marie Pierre Anatole Alphonse de Riquet (1894–1920)

They were divorced on 19 January 1897, after Clara's widely publicized elopement with a gypsy violinist, Janos Rigo.[11] In 1908, he attempted to obtain an annulment of his marriage from the Vatican.[12] By a second marriage to Anne Marie Charlotte Amélie Gilone Le Veneur de Tillières (1889–1962) on 24 June 1920, he had two more children:[citation needed]

  • Joseph Marie Alexandre Pierre Ghislain, 20th Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman (1921–1990), who resigned the princely title to his brother upon becoming a U.S. citizen;[13] married Germaine Hélène Jeanne van der Meulen in 1946, but died without issue.
  • Élie Marie Charles Pierre Paul, 21st Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman (1924–1980), who married Marie Elisabeth Marthe Antoine Manset in 1947 and had issue.

The Prince de Chimay died on 25 July 1937 in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium.

References

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  1. ^ Charles Emmanuel Joseph Poplimont La Belgique héraldique: recueil historique, chronologique 1867, page 187. Citation: "épousa, le 16 juin 1857, Marie Joséphine Anatole de Montesquiou Fézensac, née le 16 août 1834, dont quatre enfants, A. Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet, prince Joseph de Caraman Chimay, né à Paris, le 4 juillet 1858."
  2. ^ Marie Cornaz, Charles Bériot, Maria Malibran Les princes de Chimay et la musique: une famille de mélomanes au cœur de l'histoire XVIe-XXe siècle. 2002 Page 262 index "Chimay, (Marie) Joseph (Anatole Élie) de, p. 144, 147, 154, 185, 186, 187, 191, 193, 195, 197, 199, 200, 209, 221"
  3. ^ Luigi Cherubini, Auguste Bottée de Toulmon Notice des manuscrits autographes de la musique composée par Cherubini Page 17 "1845 Ces morceaux ont élé composés au château de Chimay, chez M. Joseph de Caraman. * MESSE en fa, à 3 voix, avec accompagnements, commencée à Chimay et terminée à Paris l'année suivante, gravée et publiée en 1810."
  4. ^ William Weber The musician as entrepreneur, 1700-1914 Page 260 2004 "Caraman-Chimay, Prince de (Joseph de Riquet, the elder), 226-28 Caraman-Chimay, Prince de (Joseph de Riquet, the younger).." Page 226. Citation: "Family and Salon Concerts - Through birth and later marriage, Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, the Countess Greffulhe, lived at the crossroads that linked nobility with the world of finance. Born in 1860, she was the eldest daughter of Joseph de Riquet, Prince de Chimay and Caraman of Belgium, and Marie de Montesquiou de Fézensac. Her grandfather, an ambassador for the Netherlands, contributed to establishing Belgian ...
  5. ^ "BOTH INJURED IN THE DUEL.; The Prince de Chimay and M. Clemenceau Fight with Swords". The New York Times. 26 April 1897. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Joseph, Prince de Caramas-Chimay Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  7. ^ Revue d'histoire diplomatique - Volume 123 - Page 6 Société d'histoire diplomatique (Paris, France) - 2009. Citation: "ne s'occupa plus particulièrement des quatre aînés, le prince Joseph Marie Anatole Elie (1858-1937), .."
  8. ^ "PRINCE CHIMAY BADLY HURT.; Injured in an Automobile Accident in France -- His Chauffeur Killed". The New York Times. 28 July 1903. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  9. ^ TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (8 May 1935). "Helpless Owner Watches Castle in Belgium Burn". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  10. ^ L'Ecole des beaux-arts, côté Seine: histoire impertinente du Quai ... Page 167. Emmanuel Schwartz, 2008. Citation: "Joseph II, dix-huitième prince de Chimay (1836-1892) et Marie-Joséphine de Montesquiou- Fézenzac (1834-1884) donnèrent le jour à Marie-Joseph-Anatole-Elie de Caraman- Chimay (1858-1937), qui épousa la scandaleuse Clara Ward ..."
  11. ^ "JANOS RIGO REPORTED DEAD.; He Was the Gypsy Who Eloped with the Princess De Chimay". The New York Times. 7 June 1899. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  12. ^ "De Chimay Wants Marriage Annulled". The New York Times. 1 May 1908. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  13. ^ "PRINCE BECOMES CITIZEN; ' Joe' Chimay, Now a Private, Takes Oath at Camp Lee". The New York Times. 9 February 1944. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
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