Philippe d'Albert de Luynes

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Philippe Anne Louis Marie Dieudonné Jean d'Albert, 11th Duke of Luynes (12 August 1905 – 1 July 1993) was a French aristocrat who became the Duke of Luynes at the age of nineteen and held the title until his death in 1993.

Early life[]

Château de Dampierre in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, 2013.
The Château de Luynes, 2011

The Duke of Luynes was born on 12 August 1905 in Dampierre-en-Yvelines in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. He was the second son of six children born to Honoré d'Albert, 10th Duke of Luynes (1868–1924)[1] and Simone Louise Laure de Crussol d'Uzes (1870–1946).[2][3] His elder brother, Charles-Honoré, used the courtesy title, Duke of Chevreuse, until his death in 1918 during World War I while serving as an aviator.[4]

His paternal grandparents were Charles d'Albert de Luynes, 9th Duke of Luynes and Yolande de La Rochefoucauld (a daughter of Sosthène II de La Rochefoucauld, 4th and Princess Yolande, a daughter of Prince Jules de Polignac, the 7th Prime Minister of France).[5] His paternal aunt, Yolande d'Albert de Luynes, married Adrien de Noailles, 8th Duke of Noailles. Their son (and his first cousin), Jean de Noailles, Duke of Ayen, was a member of the French Resistance who was arrested by the Gestapo and died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. His maternal grandparents were Emmanuel de Crussol, 12th Duke of Uzès and Anne de Rochechouart (who inherited a large fortune from her great-grandmother, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, founder of Veuve Clicquot). Through his aunt Mathilde Renée de Crussol (wife of François de Cossé Brissac, 11th Duke of Brissac), he was a first cousin of Pierre de Cossé Brissac, 12th Duke of Brissac. Two of his uncles, ,[6] and , succeeded to the dukedom of Uzès.[7] Emmanuel de Crussol d'Uzès (the son of his first cousin Géraud de Crussol d'Uzès), became the 15th Duke of Uzès in 1943.[8]

Career[]

Upon his father's death in 1924,[1] he became the 11th Duke of Luynes as his elder brother died without male issue.[9] The title had been created for his ancestor, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes (brother of Honoré d'Albert, 1st Duke of Chaulnes), by King Louis XIII of France in 1619.[10]

Personal life[]

On 5 July 1924, the twenty-nine year old Duke was married to twenty year old Juanita Díaz Unzué (1914–1993) in a civil ceremony in Paris. A few days later they had a religious ceremony at the Little Church of Dampierre, seat of the ducal family's domains. Juanita was the adopted daughter and heiress of Doña Inés Unzué Dorrego and Don Saturnino Unzué, a wealthy cattle breeder from Buenos Aires, Argentina.[11][12] They were the main benefactors of Catedral Basílica de Mercedes-Luján in Buenos Aires.[13] Together, they were the parents of:[14]

  • Inés Simone Jeanne Marie Therese Charlotte de Luynes Unzué Unzué (1939–2013), who married Napoléon, Prince Murat (b. 1925), a son of Alexandre, Prince Murat.
  • Charles d'Albert de Luynes (1943–1959), who died young.
  • Jean d'Albert de Luynes (1945–2008), the 12th Duke of Luynes.
  • (b. 1946), 13th Duke of Chaulnes.[15]

The Duchess died on 31 May 1993,[16] and the Duke died shortly thereafter on 1 July 1993 at Château de Luynes in Luynes, Indre-et-Loire in France. He was succeeded in his title by his son Jean, who became the 12th Duke of Luynes.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Duke of Luynes". The New York Times. 15 March 1924. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et; Raineval, Melville Henry Massue Marquis of Ruvigny and (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. Burke's Peerage. pp. 490, 732, 960. ISBN 978-0-85011-028-9. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Luynes". Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 147.
  4. ^ "FRENCH DUKE IS KILLED; Chevreuse Falls While Making Test Flight in Airplane". The New York Times. 31 January 1918. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ Annuaire de la noblesse de France (in French). Au Bureau de la publication. 1908. p. 95. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. ^ Vassor, Bernard (2008-07-08). "Duchess of Uzes, NEE Adrienne Marie-Anne-Clementine Victurnienne ROCHECHOUART-MORTEMART". Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  7. ^ "Duchess D'Uzes". The New York Times. 10 September 1966. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  8. ^ Thomas Jr, Robert Mcg (14 December 1969). "What It Means to Be the Premier Duke in the French Republic". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  9. ^ Almanach de Gotha: annuaire généalogique, diplomatique et statistique (in French). J. Perthes. 1919. p. 363. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  10. ^ The Royalty, Peerage and Aristocracy of the World. Annuaire de France. 1967. p. 123. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  11. ^ "French Duke Weds Heiress". The New York Times. 6 July 1934. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  12. ^ Grementieri, Fabio; Verstraeten, Xavier A. (2006). Grandes residencias de Buenos Aires: la influencia francesa (in Spanish). Ediciones Larivìere. pp. 77, 213. ISBN 978-987-9395-29-5. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Catedral Basílica Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  14. ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Burke's Peerage. p. 124. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Maison d'Albert de Luynes". www.europeanheraldry.org. European Heraldry. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  16. ^ Vallejos, Soledad (2015). Vida de ricos: Costumbres y manías de argentinos con dinero (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. p. 52. ISBN 978-987-735-023-4. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

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