Aristocracy of France

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Al_bina

Well, I do not think that the relationship is permanent. Ms.Dita von Teese is charming in a certain way. However, she appears to wear too much of make-up.

A certain way,yes,to a certain breed,yes,not our sort of people.Hollywood,oh ofcourse....
they don't have windows there...they just..oh well..

But at best she has the Joanne Lumley part in "Shirley Valentine",
and for the time being she has a aristocat pet,or like we say here...

Talking about the french aristocracy,could anyone elaborate on the Rochefoucauld family?

[susan alicia]

Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes - The Quotations Page

some brilliant thoughts, like many of them among which:

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

[lucien]

Originally Posted by susan alicia

Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes - The Quotations Page

some brilliant thoughts, like many of them among which:

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

Quote Details: Francois de La Rochefoucauld: If we had no... - The Quotations Page

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[richardsw]

Does anyone have a list of the French peerage: Dukes?

[Warren]

. .Dukes of France - French Dukedoms

[richardsw]

Thanks, I seen the list of wikipedia but is there a non-royal ducal peerage list

Hey, does anyone have any information about the current Ducs d'Havre, Feltre and Reggio. I look on wikipedia and it stated that these French noble houses were still extant but no other information about there current status.

[susan alicia]

Gabriel de Rochechouart, duc de Mortemart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Someone showed me a book about the French nobility and the above family, which has existed since the 10th century is about to become extinct because the present Duke has 4 daughters.

Isn't there in some countries a system that the title then goes to the nearest male relative I was wondering?

Originally Posted by Warren

. .Dukes of France - French Dukedoms

[MAfan]

I don't think the title will become extinct; I guess the title will go to the nearest male relative (now, the Duke's first cousin once removed Charles Louis Guillaume François Marie Eugène Victurnien, b. 1933) and after him to his descendants.
A similar situation happened in 1987, when Louis, Duke de Broglie (1892-1987, famous physician and Nobel Laureate) died without descendants; his title passed to his cousin twice removed Victor-Francois, the present Duke.

[susan alicia]

But does he have children? I thought he did not and is now about 76 years old...

[MAfan]

Yes, he has three children: two sons, Alexandre, b. 1961, married without children, and Arthur, b. 1967, married with a son and a daughter, and a daughter, Athenais, b. 1963.
After them, there are a lot of male members of Mortemart Family who can inherit the title.

[susan alicia]

I am glad

[Tony de Gandarillas]

Jacqueline de Ribes' father was Count Etienne de Beaumont. The Bonnin de La Bonniniere de Beaumont family is one of the grandest of France. For a man of such exalted patrimony, he was very avant-garde. He was a set designer for ballets and opera. He was a socialite and hosted some of the most famous balls of the Paris season. Amoung his artists' friends were Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Erik Satie, and Darius Milhaud. With his wife Édith, Étienne de Beaumont founded the Association Franco-Américaine, which funded works by Paul Morand, Maurice Sachs, Jean Cocteau, Marc Allégret, Bernard Faÿ, Léonide Massine, Lucien Daudet, René Crevel. The extremely talented and young Raymond Radiguet, at the time lover of Jean Cocteau , based the main character of his novel, Le Bal du comte d'Orgel, on Count Etienne de Beaumont. Their palatial town house on 2 Rue Duroc was built for Prince Masserano and is one of the most beautiful hotel particulier of Paris

[MAfan]

Jean de Riquet de Caraman, Duke of Caraman, died on 29 March 2010, aged 93.
He was the son of the Count and Countess Ernest de Caraman, and succeeded as Duke of Caraman in 1960 at the death of his uncle, Duke Charles.
He married firstly in1939 to Nada Esmée Macklin, with whom he had a daughter Christina and a son, François Noël, Marquis de Caraman, who predeceased him; the marriage ended in a divorce in 1966. The following year the Duke married to Elga Helena Sophie Schroers, with whom he had another son, Philippe, the present Duke of Caraman.

[Jason R Maier esq]

Wow . . . what a long life.

[frank22]

If your a fan of Countess Jacqueline de Ribes read this article written by Vanity Fair of USA (it contains 4 pages):
The Last Queen of Paris | Style | Vanity Fair

http://www.vanityfair.com/images/sty...9/de-ribes.jpg

[Al_bina]

Thanks for the article!
Countess de Ribes is a fascinating woman with an amazing sense of style.

[Nathalie Cox]

Does anyone know more information about the Castelbajac family?

[MAfan]

It's a French marchional family, known since XI century; their fiefdom was the village of Castelbajac, in Hautes-Pyrenees (south-west of France).
The current Marquis of Castelbajac is fashion designer Jean Charles de Castelbajac.

I'm afraid I can't give you more informations

[Kasumi]

A murder trial in the south of France reads like an Agatha Christie novel: the whimsical aristocrat, the rough and ready gardener and the wealthy husband who insists he is innocent.
85-year-old Viscount Amaury d'Harcourt, from a long line of nobility, is accused of disposing of the murder weapon, out of friendship for Mr Bissonnet. - Full article -- Sydney Morning Herald

Le Figaro
Cyberpress article

[richardsw]

Hey, does anyone have any information of the descendants of Henri Clarke, Comte d'Hunebourg, Duc de Feltre living today (especially anyone who holds the titles today)? Is the male line extinct and if so when did it become extinct in the male line. Thanks