Armand de Gramont

Armand de Gramont
Portrait by Philip de László, 1904
Born (1879-09-29)29 September 1879
Paris
Died 2 August 1962(1962-08-02) (aged 82)
Occupation scientist and industrialist
Spouse(s) Élaine Greffulhe
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 Duke of Gramont. He was the eldest son of Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont, 11th Duke of Gramont and Marguerite de Rothschild.

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).

A rare film clip shows Proust (in bowler hat and gray coat) at Gramont's wedding in 1904.[1] Proust’s wedding gift to Gramont was apparently a revolver in a leather case inscribed with verses from the bride’s childhood poems.

References

  1. ↑ Link to film clip


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