The House of Talleyrand-Périgord () is an ancient French noble house. A well-known member of this family was

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (; ; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularization, secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat. After studying theology, he b ...

(1754–1838), who achieved distinction as a French statesman and diplomat. The family name became extinct in 2003 upon the death of Violette de Talleyrand-Périgord.

Origins

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of the family of sovereign

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, they took their name from the estate of Périgord owned by these counts, and date back to Boso I,

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. The first to have borne this name was Hélie de Talleyrand, who lived around 1100. Their motto was ''"Re que Diou"'' (an

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dialectal form for "Nothing But God"): their ancestor was one of the great men of the kingdom of France, and participated in the election of Hugh Capet as King of France. An anecdote reports that Capet asked Boson "Mais qui donc t'as fait comte?" ("But who then made you a count?") to which he replied "Ceux là même qui t'ont fait Roi" ("The same ones who made you King"). The Périgords considered their entitlements to emanate from the same power that entitled the French kings themselves to govern, divine right of

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being a cornerstone of most

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emanating from the

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since the earliest days.

Notable family members

* Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord (1301–1364), a Cardinal and Bishop of Auxerre * Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord (1599–1626), Count of Chalais *

Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord (16 October 1736, Paris – 20 October 1821, Paris) was a French churchman and politician. He was the paternal uncle of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838). Life Education Alex ...

(1736–1821), a Cardinal and

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(1754–1838), Prince of Bénévent and later Prince of Talleyrand * Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Sagan (1859–1937), Prince and Duke of Sagan

First branch

Augustin Marie Elie ''Charles'' (1788- ), duc de Périgord x (1807) Marie de Choiseul-Praslin (1789–1866) │ ├──> Elie ''Roger'' Louis (born 1809), prince de Chalais │ x Elodie de Beauvilliers de Saint-Aignan (d. 1835) │ └──> ''Paul'' Adalbert René (born 1811), comte de Périgord x Amicie Rousseau de Saint-Aignan (d. 1854) │ └──> Cécile ''Marie'' (08.01.1854-11.12.1890 à Pau) x 10.05.1873 Gaston marquis de Brassac, prince de Béarn (source dates: page de garde du Formulaire de Prières de la princesse Cécile) │ └──> Blanche (source: idem) Henri prince de Béarn et autres: voir https://web.archive.org/web/20080111075617/http://web.genealogie.free.fr/Les_dynasties/Les_dynasties_celebres/France/Dynastie_de_Galard_de_Bearn.htm

Second branch

Alexandre ''Edmond'' (1787–1872), 2nd duc de Talleyrand x (1809) Dorothée de Courlande (1793–1862), duchesse de Dino, duchesse de Sagan │ ├──> Napoléon ''Louis'' (1811–1898), 3rd duc de Talleyrand │ x (1829) Anne Louise Alix de Montmorency (1810–1858) │ │ │ │ │ ├──> Caroline ''Valentine'' (1830–1913) │ │ │ x (1852) Vicomte Charles Henri d'Etchegoyen (1818–1885) │ │ │ │ │ ├──> Charles Guillaume Frédéric ''Boson'' (1832–1910), duc de Sagan, 4th duc de Talleyrand │ │ │ x (1858) Anne Alexandrine ''Jeanne'' Marguerite Seillière (1839–1905) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├──> Marie Pierre Camille Louis ''Hély'' (1859–1937), prince et duc de Sagan │ │ │ │ x (1908)

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(1875–1961) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├──> Howard (1909–1929), duc de Sagan │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └──> Helen Violette (1915–2003) │ │ │ │ x (1937) Comte James de Pourtalès (1911- ) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ x

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(1901–1984) │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └──> Paul Louis Marie Archambault ''Boson'' (1867–1952), duc de Valençay │ │ │ x (1) Helen Stuyvesant Morton (1876– ) │ │ │ x (2) Silvia Victoria Rodriguez de Rivas de Castilleja de Guzman (1909– ) │ │ │ x (3) Antoinette Marie Joséphine Morel (1909– ) │ │ │ │ │ ├──> Marie Pauline Yolande (1833- ) │ │ │ │ │ └──> Nicolas Raoul ''Adalbert'' (1837–1915), duc de Montmorency (1864) │ │ x (1866) Ida Marie ''Carmen'' Aguado y MacDonnel (1847–1880) │ │ │ │ │ └──> Napoléon ''Louis'' Eugène Alexandre Anne Emmanuel (1867–1951) │ │ x (1) Marie-Joséphine-Henriette-''Anne'' de Rohan-Chabot (1873–1903) (see

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) │ │ x (2) Cecilia (née Ulman) Blumenthal (1863–1927) │ │ x (3) Gabrielle-Ida (née Lefaivre) Grandjean (1896–1985) │ │ │ x (1861) Rachel Elisabeth ''Pauline'' de Castellane (1823–1895) (see

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) │ │ │ └──> Marie ''Dorothée'' Louise Valençay (1862–1948) │ x (1) (1881)

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│ │ │ x (2) (1898)

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(1868–1965) (see

) │ ├──> Alexandre Edmond (1813–1894), 3rd duc de Dino (1838), marquis de Talleyrand │ x (1839) Marie ''Valentine'' Joséphine de Sainte-Aldegonde (1820–1891) │ │ │ ├──> ''Clémentine'' Marie Wilhelmine (1841–1881) │ │ x (1860) Comte Alexandre Orlowski (1816–1893) │ │ ''dont postérité'' │ │ │ ├──> Charles ''Maurice'' Camille (1843–1917), 4th duc de Dino, 2nd marquis de Talleyrand │ │ x (1) (1867) Elizabeth Beers-Curtis (1847-1933) │ │ │ │ │ └──> Pauline Marie ''Palma'' (1871–1952) │ │ x (1890) Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa (1867–1963) │ │ ''dont postérité'' │ │ │ ├──> Elisabeth Alexandrine Florence (1844–1880) │ │ x (1863) Comte Hans d'Oppersdorff (1832–1877) │ │ ''dont postérité'' │ │ │ └──> ''Archambaud'' Anatole Paul (1845–1918), 3rd marquis de Talleyrand │ x (1876) Marie de Gontaut-Biron (1847- ) │ │ │ ├──> Anne-Hélène (1877–1945) │ │ x (1907) Édouard Dreyfus y Gonzalez, comte, then duc de Premio Real (1876–1941) │ │ ''dont postérité'' │ │ │ ├──> Félicie (1878–1981) │ │ x (1907) Louis Dreyfus y Gonzalez, marquis de Villahermosa (1874–1965) │ │ ''dont postérité'' │ │ │ ├──> Hély (1882–1968), 4th marquis de Talleyrand, 7th duc de Talleyrand et Dino, │ │ 6th duc de Sagan (1952) 20 Mar 1968) │ │ x (1938) Lela Emery (1902-1962) │ │ │ └──> Alexandre (1883–1925), comte de Talleyrand │ x (1914) Anne-Marie Röhr │ ''sans postérité'' │ └──> Joséphine ''Pauline'' (1820–1890) (disputed paternity) x (1839) Henri de Castellane (1814–1847) (see

)

Third branch

│ ├──> Auguste (d. 1832), comte de Talleyrand-Périgord, peer of France │ x Caroline d'Argy (d. 1847) │ │ │ ├──> ''Louis'' Marie (born 1810), comte de Talleyrand-Périgord │ │ x (1839) Stéphanie de Pomereu (1819–1855) │ │ │ │ │ x (1868) Marie-Thérèse de Brossin (1838- ) │ │ │ └──> Ernest (1807–1871) │ x Marie Louise Lepelletier de Morfontaine (1811- ) │ │ │ └──> Marie Louise ''Marguerite'' (1832- ) │ x (1851) Prince Henri de Ligne │ │ └──> Alexandre Daniel (1776–1839), baron de Talleyrand-Périgord, peer of France (1838) x Charlotte Elisabeth Alix Sara (illegitimate daughter of Prince Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord and Mme Grand) │ ├──> "''Charles ''Angélique'' '' (1821–1896), baron de Talleyrand-Périgord, senator │ x (1862) Véra de Bernardaky │ │ │ ├──> Marie ''Marguerite'' (1863- ) │ │ │ └──> ? (1867- ) │ ├──> Marie-Thérèse (1824- ) │ x (1842) Jean Stanley of Huggerston-Hall │ └──> Louis Alexis Adalbert (1826–1873) x (1868) Marguerite Yvelin de Béville (1840- ) │ ├──> Charlotte Louise ''Marie-Thèrèse'' (1869- ) │ └──> ''Charlotte'' Louise Marie Adalberte (1873- )

References

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