Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay

Joseph de Caraman
19th Prince of Chimay
Personal information
Full name Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet
Born (1858-07-04)4 July 1858
Paris, France
Died 25 July 1937(1937-07-25) (aged 79)
Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium
Sport
Sport Fencing

Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet 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, a competitor in the individual épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He was titled "Prince de Chimay" from 1858 until his death in 1937.[3][4]

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.[5][6] One of his sisters was Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Countess Greffulhe.[7]

On 19 May 1890 he married Clara Ward, a sixteen-year-old American heiress.[8] The couple had two children:[4]

  • Marie Anatole Catherine Elisabeth, Comtesse de Caraman-Chimay (30 May 1891 – 13 February 1939), married Georges De Cocq in 1918
  • Joseph Marie Pierre Anatole Alphonse de Riquet (6 August 1894 – 18 January 1920)

They were divorced on 19 January 1897, after Clara's widely publicized elopement with a gypsy violinist. 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:[4]

  • Joseph Marie Alexandre Pierre Ghislain, 20th Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman (6 April 1921 – 23 June 1990), who resigned the princely title to his brother upon becoming a US citizen; married Germaine Hélène Jeanne van der Meulen in 1946, but died without issue
  • Élie Marie Charles Pierre Paul, 21st Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman (22 October 1924 – 3 January 1980), married Marie Elisabeth Marthe Antoine Manset in 1947 and had issue

References

  1. ↑ "Joseph, Prince de Caramas-Chimay Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Revue d'histoire diplomatique - Volume 123 - Page 6 Société d'histoire diplomatique (Paris, France) - 2009 "ne s'occupa plus particulièrement des quatre aînés, le prince Joseph Marie Anatole Elie (1858-1937), .."
  3. ↑ Charles Emmanuel Joseph Poplimont La Belgique héraldique: recueil historique, chronologique 1867 Page 187 "épousa, le 16 juin 1857, Marie Joséphine Anatole de Montesquiou Fézensac, née le 16 août 1834, dont quatre enfants, A. Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet, prince Joseph de Caraman Chimay, né à Paris, le 4 juillet 1858."
  4. 1 2 3 "Riquet de Carman and Chimay". angelfire.com. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  5. ↑ Marie Cornaz, Charles Bériot, Maria Malibran Les princes de Chimay et la musique: une famille de mélomanes au cœur de l'histoire XVIe-XXe siècle. 2002 Page 262 index "Chimay, (Marie) Joseph (Anatole Élie) de, p. 144, 147, 154, 185, 186, 187, 191, 193, 195, 197, 199, 200, 209, 221"
  6. ↑ Luigi Cherubini, Auguste Bottée de Toulmon Notice des manuscrits autographes de la musique composée par Cherubini Page 17 "1845 Ces morceaux ont élé composés au château de Chimay, chez M. Joseph de Caraman. * MESSE en fa, à 3 voix, avec accompagnements, commencée à Chimay et terminée à Paris l'année suivante, gravée et publiée en 1810."
  7. ↑ William Weber The musician as entrepreneur, 1700-1914 Page 260 2004 "Caraman-Chimay, Prince de (Joseph de Riquet, the elder), 226-28 Caraman-Chimay, Prince de (Joseph de Riquet, the younger).." - Page 226 "Family and Salon Concerts - Through birth and later marriage, Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay, the Countess Greffulhe, lived at the crossroads that linked nobility with the world of finance. Born in 1860, she was the eldest daughter of Joseph de Riquet, Prince de Chimay and Caraman of Belgium, and Marie de Montesquiou de Fézensac. Her grandfather, an ambassador for the Netherlands, contributed to establishing Belgian ...
  8. ↑ L'Ecole des beaux-arts, côté Seine: histoire impertinente du Quai ... - Page 167 Emmanuel Schwartz - 2008 "Joseph II, dix-huitième prince de Chimay (1836-1892) et Marie-Joséphine de Montesquiou- Fézenzac (1834-1884) donnèrent le jour à Marie-Joseph-Anatole-Elie de Caraman- Chimay (1858-1937), qui épousa la scandaleuse Clara Ward ..."
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