Personal information | |
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Full name | Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet |
Born | Paris, France | 4 July 1858
Died | 25 July 1937 Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium | (aged 79)
Spouses | Anne Marie Charlotte Amélie Gilone Le Veneur de Tillières
(
m. 1920) |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 1900 |
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]
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]
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]
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:
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]
The Prince de Chimay died on 25 July 1937 in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium.
Personal information | |
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Full name | Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet |
Born | Paris, France | 4 July 1858
Died | 25 July 1937 Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium | (aged 79)
Spouses | Anne Marie Charlotte Amélie Gilone Le Veneur de Tillières
(
m. 1920) |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 1900 |
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]
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]
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]
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:
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]
The Prince de Chimay died on 25 July 1937 in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium.