Étienne Van Zuylen Van Nyevelt
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Étienne Gustave Frédéric, 3rd Baron van Zuylen van Nyevelt van de Haar (16 October 1860 – 8 May 1934), was a Dutch-Belgian
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. He was a founding member of the
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, serving as the organisation's first president, and was the first president of the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR, later known as the FIA).


Personal life

Van Zuylen was born in Saint-Étienne, near
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and his grandfather, Jean-Jacques was a former
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. On 16 August 1887, Van Zuylen married
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, daughter of
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of the
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, in
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. They had two sons, Egmont and Hélin. Hélin was killed in a car accident in 1912, and Egmont worked as a diplomat; his eldest child was Parisian socialite
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. In 1890, Van Zuylen inherited the ruined
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and set about restoring it. Financed by Rothschild money and directed by Dutch architect
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, work started in 1892 and took 20 years. Van Zuylen received recognition with appointments as an officer of the
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, and as a knight of the
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. Van Zuylen died in
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and
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, Van Zuylen was a founding member of the
Automobile Club de France The Automobile Club of France () (ACF) is a men's club founded on 12 November 1895 by Albert de Dion, , and its first president, the Dutch-born Baron Étienne van Zuylen van Nyevelt. The Automobile Club of France, also known in French as "ACF" o ...
, and served as the organisation's first president between 1895 and 1922. He was also the first president of the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR, English: 'International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs'), later known as the
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(FIA), holding the position from 1904 until his retirement in 1931.


Equestrian

In June 1900, Van Zuylen took part in the four-in-hand mail coach event during the International Horse Show in Paris. He entered two teams, the second driven by Olivier, Count de La Mazelière. The event was part of the Exposition Universelle, and later classified as part of the
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