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Armand Chapelle de Jumilhac, 7th Duke of Richelieu

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Armand Chapelle de Jumilhac
7th Duke of Richelieu
7th Marquis of Jumilhac
Full name
Marie Odet Richard Armand Chapelle de Jumilhac
Born(1847-11-15)15 November 1847
Paris, France
Died28 June 1880(1880-06-28) (aged 32)
Athens, Greece
Noble familyChapelle de Jumilhac
Spouse(s)
(m. 1875; died 1880)
IssueArmand Chapelle de Jumilhac
Odile Chapelle de Jumilhac
FatherArmand Henri Marie Marcel Chapelle de Jumilhac
MotherMarie Claire Auguste Hélène de Pouget

Marie Odet Richard Armand Chapelle de Jumilhac, 7th Duke of Richelieu (15 November 1847 – 28 June 1880), was a French aristocrat.

Early life

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Arms of the dukes of the Chapelle de Jumilhac family

Chapelle de Jumilhac was born in Paris on 15 November 1847. He was the only son of Armand Henri Marie Marcel Chapelle de Jumilhac, Marquis of Jumilhac (1808–1862), and Marie Claire Auguste Hélène de Pouget de Nadaillac (1826–1881).[1] His family's seat was the Château de Jumilhac.[2]

His paternal grandparents were Antoine Pierre de Chapelle, 5th Marquis of Jumilhac, and Armande Simplicie Gabrielle de Vignerot du Plessis (daughter of Antoine de Vignerot du Plessis, 4th Duke of Richelieu).[3] His paternal grandmother's elder half-brother was Armand Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, 5th Duke of Richelieu. His maternal grandparents were Sigismond du Pouget, Marquis of Nadaillac, and Catherine Mitchell. His maternal uncle was the prominent French anthropologist and palaeontologist, Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, Marquis of Nadaillac.[4]

Career

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In 1862, upon the death of his father, he became the Marquis of Jumilhac. In 1879, upon the death of his paternal uncle, Armand François Odet Chapelle de Jumilhac, he succeeded as the 6th Duke of Richelieu. His father-in-law, Michel Heine, paid to restore what remained of the Château de Richelieu and domaine. He did not retain the title long as he died the following year. His son then succeeded to the title. In 1930, his son donated the Château Park to the Universities of Paris and Sorbonne in memory of their foundation by the first Duke.[5]

Personal life

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Photograph of his daughter-in-law, Elinor Douglas Wise

On 27 February 1875 in Paris, Chapelle de Jumilhac was married to American-born heiress Alice Heine (1858–1925), a daughter of Amélie Marie Céleste Miltenberger and Michel Heine, a scion of a prominent German-rooted Berlin and Paris banking Jewish family. Her father and uncle, Armand Heine, were cousins of poet Heinrich Heine and of journalist and press publisher Baron Gustav Heine von Geldern. Together, they were the parents of:

The Duke died, aged only 32, on 28 June 1880 while in Athens, Greece. After his death, his widow remarried to the reigning Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1889, becoming the Princess consort of Monaco.[9][10] She died in Paris in 1925.[11] The dukedom of Richelieu became extinct in 1952 upon the death of their son.[5]

Descendants

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Through his daughter Odile, he was posthumously a grandfather of Countess Anne Alice Elisabeth Amélie de La Rochefoucauld (1906–1980), who married twice, to Armand Anne Henri Joseph de Gontaut-Biron and to Marquis Jean de Amodio, but had no issue.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Annuaire de la pairie et de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe et de la diplomatie (in French). Bureau de la Publ. 1848. p. 241. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Jumilhac Castle". www.historyhit.com. History Hit. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  3. ^ d'Hauterive (M.), Borel; Révérend, Albert (1879). Annuaire de la pairie et de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe (in French). Bureau de la Revue historique de la noblesse. p. 95. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ^ Duprat, Benj. (1924). L'intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux (in French). Libraire de l'Institut. p. 361. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b "DUC DE RICHELIEU, LAST TO HOLD TITLE Descendant of French Marshal Dies at 76—-Gave Estate to University of Paris". The New York Times. 31 May 1952. p. 17. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  6. ^ "DUC DE RICHELIEU ENJOYING NEW YORK'S SOCIAL SEASON Descendant of an Illustrious Family Is Spending the Winter Here—-Is Related to Prominent American Families—-His Mother Born in New Orleans". The New York Times. 15 January 1911. p. 45. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  7. ^ "DUKE DE RICHELIEU WEDS MISS WISE Baltimore Cathedral Packed with Society People from New York and Elsewhere". The New York Times. 9 February 1913. p. 17. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  8. ^ "DUC DE RICHELIEU BUYS UPTOWN HOME Heir to Great Cardinal's Title Will Live in Artists' Colony on Upper East Side. WIFE A CONCERT SINGER His Mother, as Princess of Monaco, Only American Woman to Attain Sovereign Rank. The colony of artists established some years ago in East Eighty-sixth street, near East End Avenue, facing Carl Schura Park, received a new member yesterday when the Duc de Richelieu bought the two houses at 555 East Eighty-sixth Street and 140 East End Avenue". The New York Times. 7 June 1921. p. 34. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  9. ^ "PRINCESS OF MONACO.; THE DUCHESSE DE RICHELIEU TO MARRY THE RULER OF THE PRINCIPALITY". The New York Times. 24 November 1889. p. 1. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  10. ^ "PRINCESS ROBBED OF GEMS. Alice of Monaco Loses Diadem Valued at $12,000 and Other Jewels". The New York Times. August 7, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  11. ^ "EX-PRINCESS OF MONACO.; Former Alice Heine of New Orleans Dies Suddenly in Paris". The New York Times. 23 December 1925. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  12. ^ "[Association des Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise]". www.appl-lachaise.net. Archived from the original on Oct 15, 2017. Retrieved Aug 16, 2020.
French nobility
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Duke of Richelieu

1879–1880
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