Antoine Pierre Marie François Joseph de Lévis-Mirepoix, 5th Duke of San Fernando Luis,
GE (1 August 1884 in
Léran,
Ariège – 16 July 1981, in
Lavelanet) was a French historian, novelist and essayist. He was known as duke of Lévis-Mirepoix (having inherited the dukedom on his father's death on 10 May 1915), also having the titles of fifth
Duke of San Fernando Luis,
grandee of Spain
Grandee (; , ) is an official royal and noble ranks, aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neither country did they ha ...
and 4th baron of de Lévis-Mirepoix. The writer
Claude Silve, winner of the
Prix Femina
The Prix Femina is a French List of literary awards, literary prize awarded each year by an exclusively female jury. The prize, which was established in 1904, is awarded to French-language works written in prose or Verse (poetry), verse by male ...
in 1935 for her novel ''Bénédiction'' was his sister.
Publications
*''Philippe Auguste et ses trois femmes'', Coll. Histoire, XXXIII, Club des Libraires de France, Paris, 1962, 328 pages
References
* Hubert Cuny and Nicole Dreneau, ''Le Gotha français : état présent des familles ducales et princières (depuis 1940)'',
L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux, 1989
* Comité de Défense du Château de Lagarde "chateau-lagarde.com"
External links
Académie française
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1884 births
1981 deaths
People from Ariège (department)
People affiliated with Action Française
Grandees of Spain
Antoine
Antoine is a French language, French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton (name), Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin.
The name is most common in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada ...
French barons
Order of the Francisque recipients
French male essayists
French male novelists
20th-century French novelists
20th-century French historians
20th-century French essayists
20th-century French male writers