Marquis Boniface Antoine de Castellane (12 May 1844 – 10 December 1917) was a French aristocrat, most notable as deputy for
Cantal and as father of
Boni de Castellane.
Early life
Boniface Antoine de Castellane was born on 12 May 1844 in
Paris. He was the son of marquis
Henri Charles Louis Boniface de Castellane (1814–1847), deputy for Cantal, and his wife
Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord (1820–1890), and was a member of the
House of Castellane. His older sister,
Marie de Castellane
Princess Marie Radziwill (born Marie Dorothée Élisabeth de Castellane; 19 February 1840 10 July 1915) was a French noblewoman, a member of the house of Castellane. The famous dandy Boni de Castellane was her nephew.
Early life
Marie was born ...
, was married to Prince
Antoine Radziwiłł, a grandson of Prince
Antoni Radziwiłł and
Princess Louise of Prussia.
His paternal grandfather was
Boniface de Castellane, marshal de Castellane.
Her maternal grandparents were
Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, the 2nd
Duke of Dino and
Princess Dorothea of Courland
Dorothea von Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Dino, Duchess of Talleyrand and Duchess of Sagan, known as Dorothée de Courlande or Dorothée de Dino (21 August 1793 – 19 September 1862), was a Baltic German noblewoman, and the ruling Du ...
, the Duchess of Dino.
Career
Antoine studied at the minor seminary of
La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, taught by Mgr
Félix Dupanloup,
bishop of Orléans.
[Émile Huet, Histoire du Petit Séminaire de La Chapelle Saint-Mesmin, Orléans, Paul Pigelet & Fils, 1913, 450 p., réédité en 2010 par Kessinger Publishing]
He served in the
Franco-Prussian War under marshal Bazaine and was imprisoned with him in Metz whilst prince Frederick-Charles of Prussia (one of his cousins by marriage) celebrated the establishment of the
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
at the
Château de Rochecotte
The Château de Rochecotte is a late 18th-century château located in the French village of Saint-Patrice, near Langeais, in Indre-et-Loire. It is known for its various owners and their many successive rebuilds.
The parent of one of its owners ...
, which belonged to Boniface's mother.
Personal life
On 3 April 1866, he married Madeleine Le Clerc de Juigné (1847–1934) in Paris. He spent his life in Paris or in his château de
Juigné-sur-Sarthe. Together, they had four children:
*
Boniface, Marquis de Castellane (1867–1932), who married American railroad heiress
Anna Gould
Anna Gould (June 5, 1875 – November 30, 1961) was an American socialite and heiress as a daughter of financier Jay Gould.
Early life
Anna Gould was born on June 5, 1875, in New York City. She was the daughter of Jay Gould (1836–1892) and ...
, the daughter of
Jay Gould, on 14 March 1895 in New York City.
*
Jean de Castellane (1868–1965), who married his cousin
Dorothée de Talleyrand-Périgord in 1898. Dorothée was previously married to Prince
Charles Egon IV, Prince of Fürstenberg
Charles Egon IV, Prince of Fürstenberg (Charles Egon Maria Frédéric Emile Kaspar Henri Guillaume Kamill Max Louis Victor; 25 August 1852 – 27 November 1896) was a German military officer and nobleman who was the head of the House of Fürstenb ...
.
* Jacques de Castellane (1870–1876), who died young.
*
Stanislas de Castellane (1875–1959), who married Natalia Terry y Sanchez, sister of architect
Emilio Terry, in 1901.
Castellane died in Paris on 10 December 1917.
References
Sources
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1844 births
1917 deaths
Margraves of France
Nobility from Paris
Antoine
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin.
The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana ...
French military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War