Nicolas Raoul Adalbert de Talleyrand-Périgord

Nicolas Raoul Adalbert de Talleyrand-Périgord
Duke of Montmorency
Born(1837-03-20)20 March 1837
Paris, France
Died25 March 1915(1915-03-25) (aged 78)
Paris, France
Spouse
(m. 1866; died 1880)
IssueNapoléon Louis Eugène Alexandre Anne Emmanuel de Talleyrand-Périgord
HouseTalleyrand-Périgord
FatherLouis de Talleyrand-Périgord
MotherAnne Louise Charlotte de Montmorency

Nicolas Raoul Adalbert de Talleyrand-Périgord (20 March 1837 – 25 March 1915), 7th Duke of Montmorency, was a French aristocrat.

Early life

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Chapel of the Dukes of Montmorency, at the Cimetière d'Auteuil in Paris

He was born on 20 March 1837 in Paris. He was the youngest son of Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord and, his first wife, Anne Louise Charlotte de Montmorency.[1] His siblings included Caroline Valentine de Talleyrand-Périgord (wife of Vicomte Charles Henri d'Etchegoyen), Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th Duke of Talleyrand-Périgord,[2] After his mother died in 1858, his father married the Countess Hatzfeldt, née Rachel Elisabeth Pauline de Castellane (widow of Max von Hatzfeldt and daughter of Marshal Boniface de Castellane).[1] From his father's second marriage,[1] his younger half-sister was Dorothée de Talleyrand-Périgord (wife of Karl Egon IV, the Prince of Furstenberg and Count Jean de Castellane).

His paternal grandparents were General Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, 2nd Duke of Dino and, later, the 2nd Duke of Talleyrand-Périgord, and Princess Dorothea of Courland, Duchess of Sagan.[3][1] His aunt, Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, married Henri de Castellane.[4] His maternal grandparents were Anne Charles François de Montmorency, 5th Duke of Montmorency, and Anne Louise Caroline de Goyon de Matignon, Countess de Gacé (sister to Anne Louis Raoul Victor de Montmorency, 6th Duke of Montmorency).[5]

Career

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Upon the death of his uncle, in 1862, 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.[6]

He was prominent at the Court of Napoleon III and was a member of the Union Artistique.[7]

Personal life

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Portrait of his wife, Carmen, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1860

On 2 June 1866, he was married to Ida Marie Carmen Aguado y MacDonnel (1847–1880), a daughter of Alexandre Aguado, 2nd Marqués of las Marismas del Guadalquivir and Claire Emilie MacDonnel, a lady-in-waiting to Empress Eugénie.[8] Before her death, they were the parents of one son:

His wife died in Arcachon, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine in 1880.[16] The Duke died in 1915.[7] After his death, his son inherited the dukedom. Upon his son's death in Paris in 1951, the dukedom of Montmorency became extinct.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Dino (duchesse de), Dorothée (1909). Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino: 1831-1835. W. Heinemann. p. 346. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ "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. ...
  3. ^ Adolphe Robert, Edgar Bourloton and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des Parlementaires français, volume V (Paris, 1891) p. 361.
  4. ^ "Napoléon-Louis Talleyrand-Périgord (1811-1898) - Author - Resources from the BnF". data.bnf.fr. Biblitheque nationale de France. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  5. ^ "THE TALLEYRAND BED". pelhamgalleries.com. Pelham Galleries. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  6. ^ "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 Joseph S. and J. Stevens Ulman". The New York Times. 20 October 1917. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Duke de Montmorency". The New York Times. 27 March 1915. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  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. ^ Annuaire de la noblesse de France (in French). Au Bureau de la publication. 1905. p. 116. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ 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
1862–1915
Succeeded by