Michel-Aloys Ney
Michel Aloys Ney, 3rd Duke of Elchingen (3 May 1835 – 23 February 1881), was a French general. Early life He was the only son of Michel Louis Félix Ney, 2nd Duke of Elchingen (1804–1854), and Marie Joséphine Souham. He had two sisters, Marie-Louise Hélène Ney d'Elchingen (who married Prince Nicolae Bibescu) and Hélène Louise Ney d'Elchingen. Her maternal grandparents were Général Joseph Souham and Rosalie Desperiez. His paternal grandparents were Aglaé Auguié and Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen, who was made a Peerage of France, peer of France in 1814. On his execution in 1815, the peerage was revoked, but it was restored in 1831. Clauses in the titles' patents of creation caused the title of Prince de la Moskowa to pass to Ney's eldest son (Michel's uncle), Napoléon Joseph Ney, and the title of Duke of Elchingen to pass to his second son (Michel's father), Michel. Career In August 1852, he volunteered in the regiment of his uncle, Napol ...
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Duke Of Elchingen
The titles of Duke of Elchingen (French: ''Duc d'Elchingen'') and Prince of the Moskva (''Prince de la Moskowa'') were created by Napoleon, Emperor of the French, for the Marshal of the Empire Michel Ney. Both were victory titles; Ney was created Duke of Elchingen in 1808, after the Battle of Elchingen, and Prince of the Moskva after the Battle of Borodino near a branch of the Moskva River, 125 km outside Moscow (named ''Bataille de la Moskova'' in French, in reference to the river). In 1814, Ney became a peer of France. On his execution in 1815, the peerage was revoked, but it was restored in 1831. Clauses in the titles' patents of creation caused the title of Prince of the Moskva to pass to Ney's eldest son, Joseph, and the dukedom of Elchingen to pass to his second son, Michel. This ensured that the two titles would never be held by the same person if there was another heir living, a similar situation to the British titles of Duke of Hamilton and Earl of Selkirk. The two title ...
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