Édouard von Jaunez (12 November 1834 – 26 June 1916) was a French-German businessman, engineer, and politician. He was a prominent industrialist who owned and operated ceramics factories in France, Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Jaunez served in various political capacities, including as the mayor of

Sarreguemines Sarreguemines (; German: ''Saargemünd'' ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Saargemìnn'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. It is the seat of an arrondissement and a canton. As o ...

, as president of the Regional Council of Lorraine, and as a member of the

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. He was elevated to the nobility, as a hereditary knight, by Emperor

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on 11 May 1904.

Early life

Jaunez was born on 12 November 1834 in German-ruled

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. His father was Auguste Jaunez, an engineer, and his mother was Catherine Elise Souty. He studied engineering at

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Career

In 1864, Jaunez co-founded the ceramics factory Utzschneider & Ed. Jaunez in

with Charles Joseph and Maximilian Utzschneider. He also acquired and founded other ceramics factories including one in

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in 1862, one in

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in 1873, one in

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in 1876, one in

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in 1881, one in Zahna in 1890, and one in

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in 1901. In 1874, Jaunez was elected as mayor of Sarreguemines and served in this capacity until 1876. While serving as mayor, he also served as a member of the Imperial Reichstag as a member of the

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representing Alsace-Lorraine. He remained a member of the Reichstag until 1887. From 1877 to 1890, he was the president of the Regional Council of Lorraine. He was a member, and later president, of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine Committee from 1904 to 1911.

Personal life

Jaunez was Catholic. In 1860, he married Berthe de Geiger. They had a son,

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, who was also a member of the Reichstag from 1903 to 1907. Jaunez's granddaughter, from his son's first marriage to

Jeanne de Montagnac Clémence Elise Marie ''Jeanne'' "Pata" de Montagnac (16 April 1882 – 27 June 1966), later known as Madame Maximilian von Jaunez and Comtesse Charles de Polignac, was a French socialite, salonnière, arts patron, and singer. She co-hosted salon ...

, was Nelly de Vogüé, a mistress of

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944), known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (, , ), was a French writer, poet, journalist and aviator. Born in Lyon to an French nobility, aristocratic ...

. He was elevated to the

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, as a hereditary knight, by Emperor

on 11 May 1904. Jaunez died on 26 June 1916.

References

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