Armand de Gramont, 12th Duke of Gramont
Armand de Gramont | |
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 Portrait by Philip de László, 1904 | |
| Born | 29 September 1879 |
| Died | 2 August 1962 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | scientist and industrialist |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Agénor de Gramont, 11th Duke of Gramont Marguerite de Rothschild |
Armand Antoine Agénor de Gramont, 12th Duke of Gramont (29 September 1879 – 2 August 1962) was a French nobleman, scientist and industrialist. He was known by the courtesy title of Duke of Guiche until 1925, when he succeeded his father as Duc de Gramont.
Early life
[edit]He was the eldest son of Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont, 11th Duke of Gramont and Marguerite de Rothschild.[1]
Personal life
[edit]In 1904, he married Élaine Greffulhe, the daughter of Count Greffulhe and his wife, Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (said to be a model for the Duchess of Guermantes in Marcel Proust’s novel, À la recherche du temps perdu). Together, they had five children:[2]
- Antoine Agénor Henri Armand de Gramont, 13th Duke of Gramont (1907–1995), who married Odile Sublet d'Heudicourt de Lenoncourt in 1949.[2]
- Henri Armand Antoine de Gramont (1909–1994), who married and had a daughter and a son, died in 1952 at the age of 12.[2]
- Jean Armand Antoine de Gramont (1909–1984), who married and had three daughters and a son.[2]
- Charles Louis Antoine Armand de Gramont (1911–1976), who died unmarried.[2]
- Corisande Marguerite Élisabeth de Gramont (1920–1980), who married Countess Jean-Louis de Maigret.[2]
A rare film clip shows Proust (in bowler hat and grey coat) at Gramont's wedding in 1904.[3] Proust’s wedding gift to Gramont was apparently a revolver in a leather case inscribed with verses from the bride’s childhood poems.
The Duke died at his Château de Vallière, north of Paris, on 2 August 1962.[4]
Descendants
[edit]Through his eldest son Henri, he was a grandfather of Antoine de Gramont, 14th Duke of Gramont, himself the father of Antoine, 15th Duke of Gramont.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gramont, Antoine XII-Armand, 12th duc de; styled duc de Guiche". www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com. The de Laszlo Archive Trust. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Jaurgain, Jean de (1968). La Maison de Gramont, 1040-1967 ... (in French). les Amis du Musée pyrénéen, [place de l'Église,]. p. 656. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Link to film clip". Archived from the original on 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ^ "DUKE DE GRAMONT, PHYSICIST, 82, DIES; Aerodynamics Expert Was Developer of Microscope". The New York Times. 4 August 1962. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
External links
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