Princess Phương Mai, Duchess of Addis Abeba (1 August 1937 – 16 January 2021) was a daughter of Emperor
Bảo Đại
Bảo Đại (, vi-hantu, , lit. "keeper of greatness", 22 October 191331 July 1997), born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy (), was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was em ...
of
Vietnam
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and his first wife, Empress
Nam Phương
Empress Nam Phương (4 December 1914 – 16 September 1963), born Marie-Thérèse Nguyễn Hữu Thị Lan, was the last empress consort of Vietnam. She was the wife of Bảo Đại (), the last emperor of Vietnam (officially named as Đại ...
. In 1947, Nam Phương left Vietnam with her children and lived at the
Château Thorens, outside of
Cannes
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, France. Phương Mai received her education in
France
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and returned to
Vietnam
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from 1949 to 1953. She was educated at Convent des Oiseaux in
Verneuil sur Seine,
France
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.
File:Phuong Mai in Italy.jpg, Princess Phương Mai at 1955 Italian Grand Prix
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In the wake of the 1955 Le Mans dis ...
On 5 August 1971, in
Paris
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,
France
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, Princess Phương Mai married Pietro Badoglio, 2nd Duke of Addis Abeba and Marquess of Sabotino; they had two children, a son and a daughter:
* ''The Noble Signora Donna'' Manuela Badoglio (born at
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earlies ...
,
France
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, on 26 June 1959).
* ''The Noble Signor Don'' Flavio Badoglio, 3rd
Duke of Addis Abeba
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(born in
Paris
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,
France
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, on 20 March 1973). Educated at the
American School of Paris
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The school has over 800 students from pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 and post-Bac ...
.
She died on 16 January 2021 at
Louveciennes
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Population
...
,
France
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, aged 83 years old.
"The Passing of a Vietnamese Princess and Italian Duchess"
Eurohistory, 22 January 2021
Ancestry
References
1937 births
2021 deaths
People from Da Lat
Vietnamese Roman Catholics
Nguyen dynasty princesses
Italian nobility
Daughters of emperors
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