Amable Antoine Jacques Emmanuel de Crussol, 12th Duke of Uzès (18 January 1840 – 28 November 1878), known as the Duke of Crussol from 1843 to 1872, was a French soldier and politician.
Emmanuel de Crussol 12th Duke of Uzès | |
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| General Councilor of Gard Canton of Uzès | |
| In office 1871–1878 | |
| Preceded by | Maxime Goirand de Labaume |
| Succeeded by | Gaston Coste |
| Member of Parliament for Gard | |
| In office 8 February 1871 – 7 March 1876 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amable Antoine Jacques Emmanuel de Crussol 18 January 1840 Paris, France |
| Died | 28 November 1878 (aged 38) Paris, France |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | See Crussol |
| Children | Jacques de Crussol Simone de Crussol d'Uzès Louis de Crussol d'Uzès Mathilde Renée de Crussol d'Uzès |
| Parent(s) | Géraud de Crussol d'Uzès Françoise de Talhouët-Roy |
| Alma mater | École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr |
Early life
editCrussol was born in Paris on 18 January 1840. He was the son of Géraud de Crussol d'Uzès (1808–1872), and Françoise de Talhouët-Roy (1818–1863). His elder sister, Laure, married Joseph Philippe Léopold Vogt, Viscount of Hunolstein. His younger siblings were Frédéric Jacques, who died accidentally while attending the École navale; Élisabeth Olive Emmanuelle, who married the Marquis Louis Marie Hector de Galard de Béarn; and Mathilde, who died unmarried.[1]
His paternal grandparents were Adrien-François-Emmanuel de Crussol, styled Duke of Crussol (as eldest son and heir apparent of Marie-François-Emmanuel de Crussol, 10th Duke of Uzès), and Catherine Victoire Victurnienne de Rochechouart-Mortemart (a daughter of Victurnien de Rochechouart, 10th Duke of Mortemart). His maternal grandparents were Auguste-Frédéric de Talhouët, Marquis de Talhouët and the former Alexandrine Roy (daughter and heiress of Count Antoine Roy).[1]
Career
editCrussol entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1857, graduating in 1859. He was appointed Second lieutenant in the 3rd Hussar Regiment, but did not receive his lieutenant's stripes until 1864. Shortly after his marriage in 1867, however, Crussol left the French Army.[2]
He was an unsuccessful candidate in the elections to the Legislature on 24 May 1869 as an independent candidate for Gard's 2nd constituency (Uzès), which his father had already represented in the lower house of the Second Empire from 1852 to 1857. But he was elected representative to the National Assembly in this same constituency on 8 February 1871, and took his place on the extreme right, registering with the Réunion Colbert and the Cercle des Réservoirs. He was part of the budget commission and voted for peace, for the repeal of the laws of exile, for the bishops' petition, for the resignation of Thiers, for the seven-year term, for the Broglie ministry, against the Wallon amendment and the constitutional laws of 1875. He did not stand again in the 1876 elections.[2]
Personal life
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On 5 December 1866, he lost an eye during a hunting accident, when he was accidentally shot by his brother-in-law, Viscount of Hunolstein.[3]
On 10 May 1867, he married Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1847–1933) in Paris. The daughter of Louis de Rochechouart, Count of Mortemart, and Marie Clémentine de Chevigné,[4] she was the heiress of her great-grandmother, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, founder of the Veuve Clicquot Champagne house, including the Château de Boursault, which she inherited on Madame Clicquot's death in 1866.[4] Together, they had four children:[1][5][6]
- Jacques Marie Géraud de Crussol (1868–1893), who died during an expedition he was leading in Africa; he died unmarried without issue.[7]
- Simone Louise Laure de Crussol (1870–1946), who married Honoré d'Albert de Luynes, 10th Duke of Luynes and Chevreuse, son of Charles d'Albert, 9th Duke of Luynes and Yolande de La Rochefoucauld, in 1889.[8]
- Louis Emmanuel de Crussol (1871–1943),[9] who married Thérèse d'Albert de Luynes, a first cousin of Simone's husband, who was the only daughter of Princess Sophie Galitzine, and Paul d'Albert de Luynes, Duke of Chaulnes and Picquigny, in 1894.[10][1][11] They divorced in 1938 and he married an American, Josephine Angela in 1939.[12][13]
- Mathilde Renée de Crussol (1875–1908), who married François de Cossé Brissac, 11th Duke of Brissac, a grandson of Louis Say (founder of the Say sugar empire) in 1894.[14]
The Duke died in Paris on 28 November 1878 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Jacques. His widow died in 1933.[15]
Residences
editThe Duke inherited, and acquired, a number of properties in France, including the Hôtel de Vaudreuil in the 7th arrondissement of Paris at 7 Rue de la Chaise. In 1870, he acquired, at auction, the Château de La Celle in La Celle-les-Bordes. Upon his father's death in 1872, he inherited the Château de Bonnelles in Bonnelles,[16] where he had founded the famous "Rallye-Bonnelles", a hunting team in the Rambouillet forest, in 1871. In 1873, he had the Château de Villette built in Ménestreau-en-Villette.[17]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe (in French). Bureau de la publication. 1903. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ a b Robert, Adolphe (1891). Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (in French). Bourloton. p. 466. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ de Gmeline, Patrick (1993). La duchesse d'Uzès. 1847-1933. Paris: Perrin. ISBN 978-2262004248.
- ^ a b "La Duchesse D'Uzès". Nemausensis. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ^ Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. pp. 490, 732, 960. ISBN 978-0-85011-028-9. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Luynes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 147.
- ^ Vassor, Bernard (2008-07-08). "Duchess of Uzes, NEE Adrienne Marie-Anne-Clementine Victurnienne ROCHECHOUART-MORTEMART". Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ^ Ruvigny and Raineval (9th marquis of), Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. p. 960. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Channon, Chips (4 March 2021). Henry 'Chips' Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1): 1918-38. Random House. p. 832. ISBN 978-1-4735-6719-1. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "A NOTABLE MATCH: The Duke d'Uzes Soon to Be Married. OLDEST DUCHY IN FRANCE. Mme. de Luynes Will Be the Bride. Interesting Bits of Family History". The San Francisco Call. 10 December 1893. p. 15. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Maison d'Albert de Luynes". www.europeanheraldry.org. European Heraldry. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Duchess D'Uzes". The New York Times. 10 September 1966. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Thomas Jr, Robert Mcg (14 December 1969). "What It Means to Be the Premier Duke in the French Republic". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ Anne Marie Timoléon François Cossé-Brissac (duc de, 1868-1944), Bibliothèque nationale de France
- ^ "DUCHESS D'DZES IS DEAD IS PARIS; Famous Dowager, Long Leader of French Society, Aided Move to-Restore Throne. ACTIVE IN MANY FIELDS A Sculptor, Novelist, Dramatist and Patron of the Arts, She Was Always a Glamorous Figure". The New York Times. 4 February 1933. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Amable Antoine Jacques Emmanuel de Crussol, duc d'Uzès (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". www.getty.edu. The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Higgs, David (1 December 2019). Nobles in Nineteenth-Century France: The Practice of Inegalitarianism. JHU Press. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-1-4214-3210-6. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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