Marquis Boniface Antoine de Castellane (12 May 1844 – 10 December 1917) was a French aristocrat, most notable as deputy for

Cantal Cantal (; or ) is a rural Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Aurillac. Its other principal towns are Saint-Flour, Cantal, Saint-Flou ...

and as father of Boni de Castellane.

Early life

Boniface Antoine de Castellane was born on 12 May 1844 in

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. He was the son of marquis Henri Charles Louis Boniface de Castellane (1814–1847), deputy for Cantal, and his wife

Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord Joséphine Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, Marquise de Castellane (29 December 1820 12 October 1890) was a French noblewoman. Early life Joséphine Pauline was born in Paris on 29 December 1820. She was the third legitimate child of the Edmo ...

(1820–1890), and was a member of the

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. His older sister, Marie de Castellane, was married to Prince Antoine Radziwiłł, a grandson of Prince

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and Princess Louise of Prussia. His paternal grandfather was

Boniface de Castellane Esprit Victor Elisabeth Boniface de Castellane, ''comte de Castellane'' (21 March 178816 September 1862), was a French military officer and ultimately a Marshal of France. Early life He was a son of Boniface Louis André de Castellane (1758– ...

, marshal de Castellane. Her maternal grandparents were Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, the 2nd Duke of Dino and

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, the Duchess of Dino.

Career

Antoine studied at the minor seminary of La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin, taught by Mgr Félix Dupanloup,

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.Émile Huet, Histoire du Petit Séminaire de La Chapelle Saint-Mesmin, Orléans, Paul Pigelet & Fils, 1913, 450 p., réédité en 2010 par Kessinger Publishing He served in the

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under marshal Bazaine and was imprisoned with him in Metz whilst prince Frederick-Charles of Prussia (one of his cousins by marriage) celebrated the establishment of the

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at the Château de Rochecotte, which belonged to Boniface's mother.

Personal life

On 3 April 1866, he married Madeleine Le Clerc de Juigné (1847–1934) in Paris. He spent his life in Paris or in his château de Juigné-sur-Sarthe. Together, they had four children: * Boniface, Marquis de Castellane (1867–1932), who married American railroad heiress

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, the daughter of

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, on 14 March 1895 in New York City. *

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(1868–1965), who married his cousin

Dorothée de Talleyrand-Périgord Marie Dorothée Louise de Talleyrand-Périgord (17 November 1862 – 17 July 1948) was a French aristocrat most notable for her salons and her role in European high-society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known as "Dolly" to her friends ...

in 1898. Dorothée was previously married to Prince Charles Egon IV, Prince of Fürstenberg. * Jacques de Castellane (1870–1876), who died young. *

Stanislas de Castellane Stanislas de Castellane (15 October 1875 - 4 July 1959) was a French politician, representing Cantal in parliament several times between 1902 and 1940. Biography He was born in Juigné-sur-Sarthe, the youngest son of Antoine de Castellane and ...

(1875–1959), who married Natalia Terry y Sanchez, sister of architect

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, in 1901. Castellane died in Paris on 10 December 1917.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castellane, Antoine de 1844 births 1917 deaths Margraves of France Nobility from Paris

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 military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War