RIQUET de CARAMAN and CHIMAY
The current members of this family descending from Victor
Louis Charles, Duc de Caraman
(1762-1839) bear the surname de Riquet de Caraman; those descending from François Joseph Philippe, Pr
de Chimay (1771-1843) bear the title Prince de Caraman-Chimay if male, and Comtesse
de Caraman-Chimay if female.
Preface:
The Princedom of Chimay
originated as follows:
Jean de Croy, a younger son of
Jean de Croy (k.a.Agincourt
1415), was created Comte de Chimay in 1473, by the
Duke of
1a) Philippe de Croy, 2nd
Cte de Chimay (
1b) Charles, 3rd Cte de Chimay, cr 1486 Fürst von [Prince de] Chimay by the Emperor (1455-Beaumont
1c) Anne, 2nd Pss de Chimay (
1d) Charles de Croy, Duc d'Arschot,
3rd Pr de Chimay, etc (
2d) Philippe de Croy, Duc d'Arschot,
4th Pr de Chimay, etc (
1e) Charles de Croy, Duc d'Arschot,
Duc de Croy, 5th
Pr de Chimay, etc (
2e) Anne de Croy,
Dss d'Arschot, 6th
Pss de Chimay (
1f) Philippe Charles, Fst von Arenberg, Duc d’Aerschot
et de Croy. Pr de Porcien et de Rebecq, etc (Barbançon 18 Oct 1587-Madrid 25 Sep 1640); from him
descends the current house of Arenberg, but the
Principality of Chimay went to his younger brother,
as below
2f) Alexandre
de Croy-Chimay d’Arenberg,
Pr de Chimay (Brussels 15 Sep 1590-k.a.Wesel 16 Aug
1629); m.1613 Madeleine van Egmond (1596-Köln 7 Nov
1663); Europäische Stammtafeln
calls him 6th Prince, and his mother 6th Princess; this is probably because he
actually died before she did, and was probably Prince only as a courtesy during
her life
1g) Albert, 7th Pr
de Chimay (
2g) Philippe, 8th Pr
de Chimay (
1h) Ernest Alexandre
Dominique, 9th Pr de Chimay (
3g) Anne Isabelle (1616-1658);
m.1641 Eugène de Henin-Liétard,
Cte de Boussu (bap 1614-Brussels
1h) Philippe Louis de Henin-Liétard, 10th Pr de Chimay,
Cte de Boussu, Marquis de Vere et de
1i) Charles Louis Antoine de Henin-Liétard, 11th Pr de Chimay,
etc (
2i) Alexandre
Gabriel Joseph de Henin-Liétard, 12th Pr
de Chimay (see below)
ALEXANDRE Gabriel Joseph de Hénin-Liétard,
cr 1737 Fürst von Chimay, 12th Prince de Chimay
et Cte de Beaumont, etc (bap
1a) Marie Anne Gabrielle Josèphe
Françoise Xavière (Lunéville
29 Mar 1728-Paris 25 Jun 1800); m.Lunéville
1b) Stanislas
Marie Catherine (Lunéville
2b) Gabrielle Françoise Victoire (Paris 28 Jun 1755-1 May 1841); m.1st
30 May 1775 Joseph Gabriel Henri Cte de la Fare
(château de Bessay Apr 1749-château de Vénéjan
3b) Marie Anne Antoinette (Paris
5 Sep 1757-Paris 15 May 1846); m.15 Mar 1777 Jean Louis de Bouchet
Vcte de Sourches (Paris 7
Nov 1750-before 1846)
4b) VICTOR Louis Charles, cr
1c) Victor Marie Joseph Louis,
Marquis de Caraman (Paris 6 Oct 1786-k.a.Constantine,
Algeria 26 Oct 1837); m.1st Paris 14 May 1810 Marie Anne Gabrielle
Françoise Louise de Riquet de Caraman
(1792-1823); m.2nd Paris 7 Sep 1827 Antoinette Alexandrine Césarine Gabrielle de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (Estrées-Deniécourt 29 Nov 1802-Paris 25 Jan 1876)
1d) Victor Antoine CHARLES, Duc de Caraman (Paris 7 Feb
1811-Paris 4 Apr 1868); m.Paris
1e) VICTOR Charles Emmanuel, Duc de Caraman (Paris 15 Feb
1839-Fontainebleau 6 Jul 1919)
2e) Marie Anna Rose Elisabeth
(Paris 5 May 1841-château de La Noé, Vallet 15 Dec 1933); m.Paris
3e) Félix
Alphonse Victor, Cte de Caraman
(Paris 18 Jan 1843-St.Jean-de-Beauregard 18 Jul 1884); m.Paris
1f) Antoinette Louise Marie Victoire (Paris 6 Jan 1875-Paris 10 Jan 1965); m.Paris
2f) Madeleine Marie Louise
Julie (Paris 9 Feb 1881-Courtrai 6 Apr 1977); m.Paris
4e) Georges Ernest MAURICE, Duc de Caraman (Paris 10 Apr
1845-Courson 28 Sep 1931); m.Paris
1f) Elisabeth Anne Marie Victorine (château de Courson
2f) CHARLES Paul Ernest Joseph,
Duc de Caraman (château de Courson
1g) Pierre Paul Maurice Victor,
Marquis de Caraman (Paris 14 Nov
1901-St.Jean-de-Beauregard 27 Apr 1944); m.Paris
1h) Evelyne
Françoise Marie (Paris 16 Sep 1928-Grasse 22 Jun 1994)
2g) Marie Anne Françoise (Paris
19 Jan 1904-château du Mesnil
24 Aug 1985); m.Paris
3g) Louis Charles Ernest Victor
(Paris 9 Apr 1909-Leysin 16 Mar 1934)
3f) Félix
Anne Antoine Ernest Cte de Caraman
(Courson 28 Jul 1875-Courson 18 May 1958); m.Paris
1g) Maurice Félix
André (Grenoble 1 Apr 1910-Paris 1 Aug 1938)
2g) Andrée
Jeanne Marie Mathilde (Paris 12 Jun 1913-Lambesc 11
Jun 1935)
3g) JEAN Victor Ernest, Duc de Caraman (Paris 3 Aug
1916-Paris 29 Mar 2010); m.1st Weybridge,
1h) Christina Hélène (b.Mexico
2h) François Noël, Marquis de Caraman (Cobham 4 Jan
1947-Guatemala 11 Nov 2002); m.1st Paris 14 Mar 1968 (div 29 Apr
1974) Anne-Noëlle Marie Clothilde
de Montal (b.Paris 27 Dec
1946); m.2nd Paris 10 Oct 1979 (div 29 Apr 1982) Evelyne
Odette Denise Ubaud (b.Saigon
21 Jan 1954); m.3rd Palm Beach 24 Jun 1983 Géraldine
Elisabeth Valentine Zutlose von Hessberg
1i) Séléna
Antonia Marie (b.Paris
3h) PHILIPPE Jean Maurice
Gerhard, Duc de Caraman (b.Neuilly
4g) Béatrice
Marie Hélène (Arcachon 5 Feb 1918-4 Apr 2003); m.Courson
5e) Marie Rosalie Zoé (Beaumont 28 Jun 1849-Saint-Germain-en-Laye 16 Oct
1934); m.Paris
2d) Rosalie Marie Joséphine (Paris 30 Aug 1814-Paris 12 May 1872); m.Paris
2c) Maurice Charles François
Joseph (
3c) Georges Joseph Victor
"Cte de Caraman"
(Paris 1 Dec 1790-Paris 7 Feb 1860); m.11 Jul 1822 Claire Marie Duval de Grenonville (Au François Martinique 10 Jun 1801-Paris 29
May 1882)
1d) Marie Victoire
Clotilde (Tilly, Calvados 4
Jul 1824-Paris 1 Feb 1898); m.Paris
2d) Marie Antoinette Joseph
Valentine (Paris 25 Apr 1826-24 Nov 1899); m.Vaux-sur-Aure
4c) Auguste
Charlotte Louise (Braunschweig 21 Jul 1798-Paris 15
Apr 1849); m.Paris
5c) Adolphe
Marie Joseph Frédéric Victor (Berlin 8 Sep 1800-Paris
6 Feb 1876); m.Paris
5b) Pauline Victoire
(Paris 7 May 1764-Paris 7 Dec 1834); m.1 May 1781 Jean Louis Rigaud Vcte de Vandreuil (Paris 14 Feb 1763-Paris 20 Apr 1816)
6b) Maurice Gabriel Joseph, cr Baron de l'Empire 3 Jul 1813, cr Cte de Caraman
1c) Elisabeth Victoire Charlotte Henriette
(Paris 25 Oct 1790-château de Pange 27 Oct 1844); m.Paris
2c) Marie Anne Gabrielle Joséphine Françoise (Paris 8 Nov 1792-Paris 12 Jan 1823); m.Paris
3c) Mathilde
Elisabeth Joséphine (Paris 28 Feb 1802-château d'Alzau 26 Jan 1889); m.24 Apr 1824 Paul Louis Gérard Vcte de Pins (
7b) Emilie
Rose Marguerite (Paris 10 Apr 1767-Paris 22 Jan 1847); m.Paris
8b) Cécile
Agathe Adélaide (Paris 28
Oct 1768-Bath 22 May 1847); m.Paris
9b) François JOSEPH Philippe de Riquet, Cte de Caraman, 16th Prince de Chimay
1c) JOSEPH Philippe, 17th
Pr de Chimay, cr
1d) Mare Thérèse
Emilie (Ménars 30 Apr
1832-Paris 31 May 1851); m.Paris
2d) Marie JOSEPH Guy Henry
Philippe, 18th Pr de Chimay, Pr de Caraman (Menars 9 Oct 1836-
Brussels 29 Mar 1892); m.1st Paris 15 Jun 1857 Marie Joséphine Anatole de Montesquiou-Fezensac (Paris 16 Aug 1834-Brussels 25 Dec
1884); m.2nd Brussels 2 Sep 1889 Mathilde
Lucie Christine Françoise-de-Paule de Barandiaran (Mexico 13 Dec 1862-Brussels 24 Aug 1919)
1e) Marie JOSEPH Anatole Elie, 19th Pr
de Chimay, Pr de Caraman
(Paris 4 Jul 1858- Chimay 25 Jul 1937); m.1st
Paris 19 May 1890 (div 19 Jan 1897) Clara Ward (Detroit 17 Jun 1873-Padua 9 Dec
1916); m.2nd Paris 24 Jun 1920 Anne Marie Charlotte Amélie Gilone Le Veneur de Tillières (Sixt 24 Jul 1889-Chimay 22 Sep 1962)
1f) Marie Anatole
Catherine Elisabeth (Paris 30 May 1891-Montana, Switzerland 13 Feb 1939); m.Toulon
2f) Joseph Marie Pierre Anatole Alphonse (Paris 6 Aug 1894-Cannes 18 Jan 1920)
3f) JOSEPH Marie Alexandre Pierre Ghislain, 20th
Pr de Chimay, Pr de Caraman,
renounced his titles on becoming a US citizen (Chimay
6 Apr 1921-Washington 23 Jun 1990); m.Etterbeek 26
Jan 1946 Germaine Hélène Jeanne van der Meulen (Brussels 7 Dec 1908- )
4f) ELIE Marie Charles Pierre
Paul, 21st Pr de Chimay, Pr de Caraman (Chimay 22 Oct
1924-Chimay 3 Jan 1980); m.Paris
1g) PHILIPPE Joseph Marie Jean,
22nd Pr de Chimay, Pr de Caraman (b.Boulogne-Billancourt
1h) Charles-Joseph Elie Jean Marie (b.Bois-Guillaume
1i) Henriette
(b.Frimley
2i) Joseph (b.Frimley
3 Aug 2011)
2h) Jean Elie
Marie Joseph (b.Boulogne-Billancourt
1i) Louise (b.4 Jan 2004)
2i) Jeanne Marie Josèphe Monégonde (b.18 Feb 2006)
3i) Paul (b.31 Oct 2007)
2g) Marie Gilone
Stévenotte Solange (b.Boulogne-Billancourt
3g) Alexandra Marie Hélène (b.Boulogne-Billancourt
2e) Marie Joséphine
Anatole Louise Elisabeth (Paris 11 Jul 1860-Geneva 21
Aug 1952); m.Paris
3e) Marie Joseph Anatole Eugène Pierre Philippe
(Paris 9 Aug 1862-Ixelles 12 Oct 1913); m.1st Reims
24 Jul 1889 Mathilde Barbe Marthe Werlé (Reims
18 Sep 1870-Paris 21 Jul 1906); m.2nd Paris 7 Mar 1908 Jeanne Marie
Charlotte Carraby (Neuilly
20 Apr 1870- Paris 11 Feb 1922)
1f) Marie Henri Joseph Barbe Pierre Jean (Paris 28 May 1890-Paris 25 Apr 1968); m.Paris
2f) Marie Robert Guy (
3f) Marie Anne Barbe Mathilde Ghislaine (Paris 9 Jul 1894-Paris 18 May 1965); m.Paris
4f) Anne Gabrielle Marie Josèphe Marcelle (Paris 23 Jun
1901-château du Rouvet 12
Sep 1977); m.Paris
4e) Marie Anatole
Ghislaine Henriette Pauline
(Chimay 24 Oct 1865-Fontainebleau 23 Dec 1955)
5e) Marie Joséphine
Anatole Augustine Geneviève
(Paris 29 Apr 1870-Fontainebleau 29 Apr 1961); m.Paris
6e) Marie Joseph Anatole Adolphr Charles Alexandre (Paris 9 Mar 1873-Paris 21 Mar 1951); m.1st
Evian
1f) Marc Adolph Marie Joseph
(Paris 9 Oct 1903-Cannes 18 Feb 1992); m.Saint-Paul
3d) Marie Henriette
Valentine (Ménars 15 Feb 1839-Sinaia 25 Aug 1914);
m.1st Chimay
4d) Marie Eugène Auguste
(Ménars 8 Jan 1843-Chimay 20 Jun 1881); m.Carlepont
1e) Marie Hélène (Ménars 18 Aug 1864-Brussels 31 May 1902); m.Brussels
2e) Marie Philippe Joseph Eugène (Chimay 23 Aug
1866-Beaumont 30 Jan 1869)
3e) Marie Josèphe
Ernestine Alice (Paris 27 Mar 1868-Rome 23 Jun 1953): m.Horpács
9 Dec 1902 Don Giovanni dei Principi
Borghese (Rome 26 Oct 1855-Rome 15 Apr 1918)
4e) Maria Josèphe
Louise Emilie (Carlepont 15
Sep 1871-Budapest 18 Jul 1944); m.Brussels
5e) Marie Joseph François
Charles Philippe (Beaumont 2 Sep 1873-Beaumont 19 Apr 1877)
6e) Marie Josèphe
Ernestine Magdeleine (Brussels 29 May 1879-Budapest
28 Dec 1914); m.Brussels
7e) Marie Joseph Charles
Philippe (Brussels 1 Feb 1881-Paris 30 Nov 1931); m.Paris
1f) Marguerite Marie Hélène
Alice (Paris 29 Dec 1913-Noce 1 Sep 1990); m.Sully
2f) Guy (b.and
d.Paris Jun 1920)
3f) Hélène Marie Josèphe (Paris 7 Oct 1921-Boulogne-Billancourt 28 Jul
2002); m.Paris
2c) Michel Gabriel Alphonse Ferdinand, cr
1d) Marie Clotilde
Elisabeth Louise (Paris 3 Jun 1837-St.Petersburg 8 Nov 1890); m.Chimay
2d) Victor Joseph Alphonse Frédéric, cr 8 May 1865 Pr de Chimay in Belgium (Paris 21 Feb 1844-Paris 12 Feb 1928);
m.1st Paris 21 Sep 1876 (div 12 Aug 1882) Gabrielle Marie Antoinette
Lejeune (Paris 31 Dec 1857-château de Flines, Belgium 13 Feb 1917); m.2nd Schüttringen, Luxemburg 2 Jul 1898 Mathéa
Jeanne Julie Josèphe Le Jeune
(London 2 Aug 1871-Chantilly 24 Nov 1964)
1e) Eugène
Marcel Frédéric Alphonse (Paris 2 Jun 1877-Paris 27
Jun 1877)
2e) Jules Joseph Marcel Alphonse
Pr de Chimay (Chimay 22 Jun
1899-Arrow nr Alcester 1 Oct 1973); m.London
1f) Pamela Thérèse
Louise (b.London
3e) Thérèse
Mathilde Marcelle Juliette Suzanne (Paris 28 Apr 1904-Ermenonville 20 Oct
1985)
3d) Marie Anne Suzanne (Paris
20 Feb 1844-Vevey 6 Aug 1918); m.Paris
3c) Marie Auguste
Louise Thérèse Valentine (Brussels 19 Feb 1815-Paris
4 Oct 1876); m.Paris
2a) Gabrielle Charlotte Françoise (
3a) THOMAS Alexandre Marc
Henri, 13th Pr de Chimay, etc (Lunéville
1b) THOMAS Alexandre
Marc Maurice, 14th Pr de Chimay, etc (
4a) Elisabeth Charlotte (b.16 Nov 1734-d.by 1761)
5a) PHILIPPE Gabriel Maurice Joseph, 15th Pr
de Chimay, etc (Brussels 22 Sep 1736-Paris 24 Jul
1804); m.28 Sep 1762 Laure Auguste
de FitzJames (Paris 7 Dec 1744-Paris 26 Sep 1814)
6a) Louisa Françoise Gabrielle (
7a) Charles Alexandre Marc, "le
Prince de Hénin", Cte
de Beaumont (