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Non-Sovereign Princely and Ducal Houses – FII

The Non-Sovereign Princely and Ducal Houses of Europe – Volume III – FII

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The Non-Sovereign Princely and Ducal Houses of Europe Volume III – FII

THE DUCAL HOUSE OF FOUCHÉ D’OTRANTE

Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d’Otrante (21 May 1759 Le Pellerin, near Nantes, France – 25 December 1820 Trieste, then Austria, now Italy) was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto. He was a son of Julien Joseph Fouché (1719 – 1771) and wife Marie Françoise Croizet (1720 – 1793), paternal grandson of Julien Fouché (1667 – 1745, son of Ambroise Fouché and wife Jeanne Passedouet born in 1629) and wife Marguerite Chiron (1683 – 1723, daughter of Toussaint Chiron and wife Marguerite Leray, paternal granddaughter of Pierre Chiron and wife Marguerite Hillaire and maternal granddaughter of Samson Leray and wife Marguerite Caillaud) and maternal grandson of Jean Croizet (c. 1690 -, son of Guillaume Croizet born in 1649 and died in 1719 and wife Nicole Bebar) and wife Marie Chesneau.

By his marriage to Bonne Jeanne Coiquaud (1763 – 1812), daughter of Nicolas François Coiquaud (1732 – 1794) and wife Marguerite Gautier (1734 – 1801), paternal granddaughter of Noël Coiquaud (1689 – 1764, son of Charles Coiquaud and wife Catherine Recoquille born in 1655 – 1733) and wife Catherine Lahogue (1690 – 1758, daughter of Charles Lahogue and wife Catherine Lefevre, born in 1646 and died in 1733) and maternal granddaughter of Pierre Gautier (c. 1690 – 1737, son of Jean Gautier and wife Claire Agaisse) and wife Jacquette Boisgontier (- 1743, daughter of Guillaume Boisgontier and wife Jacquette Jolivette born in 1644 and died in 1749), he had at least one son and one daughter:

  • Paul Athanase Fouché d’Otrante, 2nd Duc d’Otrante (Paris, 25 June 1801 – St. Germain-en-Laye, 10 February 1886), married firstly at Finspång, 24 January 1824 Christina Friherrinna Palmstierna (Stockholm, 11 February 1799 – Paris, 26 April 1826), without issue, secondly in Stockholm, 18 August 1836 Vilhelmina Amalia Friherrinna von Stedingk (Turku, Finland, 28 January 1802 – Helsinki, Finland, 25 February 1863), daughter of Victor Friherre von Stedingk and wife Lovisa Löf, and thirdly at St. Germain-en-Laye, 9 June 1884 Fronika Marx (Lyon, 4 February 1846 – Paris, 14 March 1887); he had issue, which remained in Sweden:
  • (by second wife) Pauline Ernestine Fouché d’Otrante (25 June 1839 – 22 August 1906), married on 7 November 1861 Ture Greve Bielke (8 September 1829 – 28 October 1899), son of Nils Greve Bielke and wife Ebba friherrinna Sture, and had issue
  • (by second wife) Gustave Armand Fouché d’Otrante, 3rd Duc d’Otrante (Paris, 17 June 1840 – Stjernholm, 5 August 1910), married firstly in Stockholm, 2 May 1865 Augusta Friherrinna Bonde (Gimmersta, 30 August 1846 – Stockholm, 4 March 1872), daughter of Knut Philip Friherre Bonde and wife Lady Augusta Fitzclarence, daughter of the 1st Earls of Munster, and secondly in London, 5 July 1873 Therese Friherrinna von Stedingk (Stockholm, 30 January 1837 – Baden-Baden, 21 June 1901), daughter of Ludvig Friherre von Stedingk and wife Lovisa von Haxthausen, and had issue, a daughter and a son:
  • (by first wife) Adelaide Augustine Fouché d’Otrante (Paris, 2 May 1866 – Stockholm, 12 November 1943), married in Stockholm, 14 October 1893 Frederik Mauritz Peyron (Karlskrona, 2 July 1861 – Stockholm, 8 January 1915)
  • (by second wife) Charles Louis Fouché d’Otrante, 4th Duc d’Otrante (Elghammar, 21 June 1877 – Elghammar, 31 May 1950), married at Linköping, 8 June 1906 and divorced in 1931 Hedvig Ingeborg Madeleine Grevinna Douglas (Gerstorp, 2 September 1886 – Drottningholm, 21 July 1983), daughter of Ludvig Greve Douglas (maternal grandson of Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden by Katharina Werner, Gräfin von Gondelsheim und Langenstein) and wife Anna Grevinna Ehrensvärd, and had issue, two daughters and two sons:
  • Victoria Anne Therese Fouché d’Otrante (Stockholm, 9 March 1907 – 6 July 2000), married firstly Elghammar, 18 August 1929 and divorced in 1937 Axel Hans Wilhelm Hjalmarsson Bennich (Stockholm, 2 April 1895 – Sundsvall, 12 July 1950), and had issue, and secondly at Elghammar, 29 August 1937 Eugen Frederik Christer Friherre von Stedingk (Stockholm, 1 June 1896 – Stockholm, 30 August 1947), and had female issue
  • Margareta Fouché d’Otrante (Elghammar, 28 March 1909 – 25 August 2005), married at Björnlunda, 26 January 1934 H.S.H. Gustav Albrecht Alfred Franz Friedrich Otto Emil Ernst 5th Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-BerleburgBerleburg, 28 February 1907 – m.i.a. in the Second World War in Russia, 1944, declared dead 29 November 1969), and had issue (
  • Gustaf Douglas Armand Fouché d’Otrante, 5th Duc d’Otrante (Björnlunda, 27 November 1912 – Stockholm, 31 January 1995), married at Vendel, 21 October 1967 Metta Christine Gunnel Beata Carolina Grevinna von Rosen (Stockholm, 24 February 1939), daughter of Eugene Greve von Rosen and wife Metta Claesdotter Breitholtz, and had issue:
  • grevinna Marguerite Ebba Fouché d’Otrante (Stockholm, 20 August 1968), unmarried and without issue
  • grevinna Pauline Louise Fouché d’Otrante (Stockholm, 14 March 1970), married on 27 May 2000 Mattias Dymling (Stockholm, 3 September 1966)
  • grevinna Josephine Madeleine Désirée Fouché d’Otrante (Stockholm, 23 February 1979)
  • Charles-Louis Armand Fouché d’Otrante, 6th Duc d’Otrante (Stockholm, 14 March 1986)
  • Louis Douglas Fouché d’Otrante, Comte d’Otrante (Elghammar, 5 March 1917), married in Stockholm, 20 June 1944 Birgitta Helena Christina Tham (Örebro, 11 December 1915), and had female issue:
  • Josephine Ebba Madeleine Fouché d’Otrante (Stockholm, 31 May 1946), married in Stockholm, 26 September 1973 Hans Olof Dyhlen (Stockholm, 23 November 1945), and had issue
  • Agneta Hélène Marie Fouché d’Otrante (Stockholm, 12 February 1948), married in Stockholm, 3 October 1970 H.S.H. Philipp-Reinhard 7th Fürst zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (Lich, 27 November 1934), and had issue
  • (by third wife, born before wedlock) Paul Joseph Marie Fouché d’Otrante (Ostend, 21 July 1871 – Buenos Aires, 6 November 1930), married at Villiers-sur-Morin, 24 November 1892 Amélie Adrienne Berthe Ancellin (Crécy-en-Brie, 15 January 1872 – Villiers-sur-Morin, 22 March 1963), and had female issue:
  • Madeleine Paule Fouché d’Otrante (Paris, 14 August 1895 – London, 25 January 1973), unmarried and without issue
  • Thérèse Berthe Fouché d’Otrante (Paris, 28 November 1900 – Meaux, 1 October 1985), married in Paris, 24 December 1946 Jean Arthur Plisson (Rosny-sous-Bois, 27 November 1900 – ?)
  • Joséphine-Ludmille Fouché d’Otrante (1803 – 1893), married to Adolphe Comte de La Barthe de Thermes (1789 – 1869), and had issue

The Genealogy of The Ducal House

PAUL Athanase Fouché Duc d’Otrante (Paris 25 Jun 1801-St. Germain-en-Laye 10 Feb 1886); m.1st Finspång 24 Jan 1824 Bss Christina Palmstierna (Stockholm 11 Feb 1799-Paris 26 Apr 1826); m.2d Stockholm 18 Aug 1836 Bss Wilhelmina Amalia von Stedingk (Åbo 28 Jan 1802-Helsingfors 25 Feb 1863); m.3d St. Germain-en-Laye 9 Jun 1884 Fronika Marx (Lyon 4 Feb 1846-Paris 14 Mar 1887)

  • 1a) Pauline Ernestine (25 Jun 1839-22 Aug 1906); m.7 Nov 1861 Ct Ture Bielke (8 Sep 1829-28 Oct 1899)
  • 2a) GUSTAVE Armand Duc d’Otrante (Paris 17 Jun 1840-Stjarnholm 5 Aug 1910); m. Stockholm 2 May 1865 Augusta de Bonde (Gimmersta, Sweden 30 Aug 1846-Stockholm 4 Mar 1872); m.2d London 5 Jul 1873 Bss Teresia v. Stedingk (Stockholm 30 Jan 1837-Baden-Baden 21 Jun 1901)
  • 1b) Adelaide Augustine Fouché (Paris 2 May 1866-Stockholm 12 Nov 1943); m. Stockholm 14 Oct 1893 Frederik Mauritz Peyron (Karlskrona 2 Jul 1861-Stockholm 8 Jan 1915)
  • 2b) CHARLES Louis Duc d’Otrante (Elghammar 21 Jun 1877-Elghammar 31 May 1950); m. Linköping 8 Jun 1906 (div 1931) Hedvig Ingeborg Madeleine Gfn Douglas (Gerstorp 2 Sep 1886-Drottningholm 21 Jul 1983)
  • 1c) Victoria Anne Therese (Stockholm 9 Mar 1907-6 Jul 2000); m.1st Elghammar 18 Aug 1929 (div 1937) Axel Hans Wilhelm Hjalmarsson Bennich (Stockholm 2 Apr 1895-Sundsvall 12 Jul 1950); m.2d Elghammar 29 Aug 1937 Baron Eugen Frederik Christer von Stedingk (Stockholm 1 Jun 1896- Stockholm 30 Aug 1947)
  • 2c) Margareta (Elghammar 28 Mar 1909-25 Aug 2005); m. Björnlunda 26 Jan 1934 Gustav Albrecht Fst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Berleburg 28 Feb 1907-m.i.a. in Russia 1944)
  • 3c) GUSTAF Douglas Armand Duc d’Otrante (Björnlunda 27 Nov 1912-Stockholm 31 Jan 1995); m. Vendel 21 Oct 1967 Css Metta Christine Gunnel Beata Carolina von Rosen (b. Stockholm 24 Feb 1939)
  • 1d) Marguerite Ebba (b. Stockholm 20 Aug 1968)
  • 2d) Pauline Louise (b. Stockholm 14 Mar 1970); m.27 May 2000 Mattias Dymling (b. Stockholm 3 Sep 1966)
  • 3c) Josephine Madeleine Désirée (b. Stockholm 23 Feb 1979)
  • 4c) CHARLES-Louis Armand Duc d’Otrante (b. Stockholm 14 Mar 1986)
  • 4c) Louis Douglas Fouché Cte d’Otrante (b. Elghammar 5 Mar 1917); m. Stockholm 20 Jun 1944 Birgitta Helena Christina Tham (b.Örebro 11 Dec 1915)
  • 1d) Josephine Ebba Madeleine (b. Stockholm 31 May 1946); m. Stockholm 26 Sep 1973 Hans Olof Dyhlen (b. Stockholm 23 Nov 1945)
  • 2d) Agneta Hélène Marie (b. Stockholm 12 Feb 1948); m. Stockholm 3 Oct 1970 Philipp-Reinhard Fst zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (b. Lich 27 Nov 1934)
  • 3a) Paul Joseph Marie (Ostende 21 Jul 1871-Buenos Aires 6 Nov 1930); m. Villiers-sur-Morin 24 Nov 1892 Amélie Adrienne Berthe Ancellin (Crécy-en-Brie 15 Jan 1872-Villiers-sur-Morin 22 Mar 1963)
  • 1b) Madeleine Paule (Paris 14 Aug 1895-London 25 Jan 1973)
  • 2b) Thérèse Berthe (Paris 28 Nov 1900-Meaux 1 Oct 1985); m. Paris 24 Dec 1946 Jean Arthur Plisson (Rosny-sous-Bois 27 Nov 1900- )
  • THE DUCAL HOUSE OF FRANCO
  • House of Franco
  • María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Dowager Marchioness of Villaverde (b. 14 February 1926 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain) is the only child of Spain’s Caudillo, dictator, General Francisco Franco and his wife Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdès. In Asturian fashion, she is known by many cryptic nicknames, namely Nenuca, Carmelilla, Carmencita, Cotota y Morita.
  • On 10 April 1950, in El Pardo, she married Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquess of Villaverde (1 August 1922 Jaén, Mancha Real – 4 February 1998 Madrid). Villaverde was a prominent surgeon. In 1968 he was responsible for the first heart transplant ever made in Spain (the patient was another son of José María Martínez y Ortega and his wife Esperanza Bordiú y Bascarán, 7th Countess of Argillo). Carmen had several children by this marriage:
  • María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. El Pardo, 26 February 1951), who married Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, son of Infante Jaime of Spain, Duke of Segovia and grandson of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. She is well-known as la nietísima[citation needed].
  • María de la O (Mariola) Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. El Pardo, 19 November 1952), married in El Pardo on 14 March 1974 Rafael Ardid y Villoslada (b. 1 February 1947), and had issue:
  • Francisco de Borja Ardid y Martínez-Bordiú (b. Madrid, 20 December 1975), married in Ciudad Real on 23 July 2005 Maria Ruíz y Vega
  • Jaime Rafael Ardid y Martínez-Bordiú (b. Madrid, 28 September 1976)
  • Francisco Javier Ardid y Martínez-Bordiú (b. Madrid, 7 April 1987)
  • Francisco Franco y Martínez-Bordiú, 11th Marquess of Villaverde (b. 9 December 1954)
  • María del Mar (Merry) Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. 6 July 1956), married firstly at the Pazo de Meirás on 3 August 1977 and divorced in 1982 Joaquín Giménez-Arnau y Puente (b. 14 September 1943), and had issue, and married secondly in New York City, New York, on 4 August 1986 and divorced in 1991 Gregor Tamler, without issue:
  • Laeticia Giménez-Arnau y Martínez-Bordiú (b. 25 January 1979), married on 8 August 2008 Marcos Sagrera y Palomo
  • José Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. El Pardo, 10 February 1958), married civilly in New York City, New York, on 23 November 1984 and religiously in Madrid on 27 October 1990 Model Josefina Victoria Toledo y López (b. San José de Tirajana, Canary Islands, 1963), and had issue:
  • Daniel Martínez-Bordiú y Toledo (b. Madrid, 11 June 1990)
  • Diego Martínez-Bordiú y Toledo (b. Madrid, 4 May 1998)
  • María de Aránzazu (Arantxa) (b. 16 September 1962), married at the Pazo de Meirás on 27 July 1996 Claudio Quiraga y Ferro, without issue
  • Jaime Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (b. 8 July 1964), married in Madrid on 24 November 1995 Nuria March y Almela (b. July 1966), and had issue:
  • Jaime Martínez-Bordiú y March (b. Madrid, 13 November 1999)
  • Right after her father died in 1975, King Juan Carlos of Spain created her Duchess of Franco and a Grandeza de España in her own right, with the honorific of Doña and a Coat of Arms of new creation. These Arms are a variation of the Arms of the de Andrade Family of Galicia, of whom Franco descended twice from the Pardo de Andrade branch and twice again from the 7th Counts of Lemos and Sárria. He also wrote Raza under the pseudonym of Jaime de Andrade.

The Genealogy of The Ducal House

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teodulo Franco y Bahamonde, ruler of Spain 1938-1973 (El Ferrol 4 Dec 1892- Madrid 20 Nov 1975); m. Oviedo 22 Oct 1923 Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdès (Oviedo 11 Jun 1900-Madrid 6 Feb 1988)

  • 1a) Maria del Carmen, cr Duquesa de Franco 1975 (b. Oviedo 14 Feb 1926); m. El Pardo 10 Apr 1950 Cristobal Martínez-Bordíu (Mancha Real 1 Aug 1922-Madrid 4 Feb 1998)
  • 1b) Maria del Carmen (b. El Pardo 26 Feb 1951); m.1st Madrid 8 Mar 1972 (div 1982, annulled 1986) Don Alfonso de Borbón y Dampierre, Duque de Cadiz, Duc d’Anjou (Rome 20 Apr 1936-Beaver Creek, Colorado 30 Jan 1989); m.2d Rueil-Malmaison 11 Dec 1984 (div 1994) Jean-Marie Rossi (b. Paris 18 Nov 1930); m.3rd Seville 18 Jun 2006 José Campos; for her issue by first marriage see France; by her second marriage she has issue:
  • 1c) Maria Cynthia Francisca (b. Paris 28 Apr 1985)
  • 2b) Maria de la O (Mariola) (b. El Pardo 19 Nov 1952; m. El Pardo 14 Mar 1974 Rafael Ardid y Villoslada (b.1 Feb 1947)
  • 1c) Francisco de Borja (b. Madrid 20 Dec 1975); m. Ciudad Real 23 Jul 2005 Maria Ruiz Vega
  • 2c) Jaime Rafael (b. Madrid 28 Sep 1976)
  • 3c) Francisco Javier (b. Madrid 7 Apr 1987)
  • 3b) Francisco Franco y Martínez-Bordíu (b. Madrid 9 Dec 1954); m.1st Altafulla 18 Dec 1981 (div 1992) Maria de Suelves y Figueroa (b. Lima, Peru 22 Aug 1957); m.2d Mostoles, Mar 2001 Miriam Guisasola (b.1967)
  • 1c) Francisco (b. Madrid 30 Nov 1982)
  • 2c) Juan José (b. Madrid 29 Sep 1985)
  • 3c) [by Miriam Guisasola] Alvaro Franco y Guisasola (b. Madrid 15 Aug 1994)
  • 4c) [by Miriam Guisasola] Miriam Franco y Guisasloa (b. Madrid 5 Feb 1996)
  • 4b) Maria del Mar (b.6 Jul 1956); m.1st Pazo de Meiras 3 Aug 1977 (div 1982) Joaquin Gimenez-Arnau Puente (b.14 Sep 1943); m.2d New York 4 Aug 1986 (div 1991) Gregor Tamler
  • 1c) Laeticia (b.25 Jan 1979)
  • 5b) José Cristobal (b. El Pardo 10 Feb 1958); m.(civ) New York 23 Nov 1984 (rel) Madrid 27 Oct 1990 Josefina Victoria Toledo y Lopez (b. San José de Tirajana, Canary Islands 1963)
  • 1c) Daniel (b. Madrid 11 Jun 1990)
  • 2c) Diego (b. Madrid 4 May 1998)
  • 6b) Maria Aranzazu (b.16 Sep 1962); m. Pazo de Meiras 27 Jul 1996 Claudio Quiraga y Ferro
  • 7b) Jaime (b.8 Jul 1964); m. Madrid 24 Nov 1995 Nuria March y Almela (b. Jul 1966)
  • 1c) Jaime (b. Madrid 13 Nov 1999)
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  • receive personal data they provided in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and transmit those data to another controller where the right to portability applies;
  • withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal; and
  • lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority.

To exercise a right, contact editor@neuegotha.de. Please identify the information or record concerned and the nature of the request. We may request information reasonably necessary to verify identity and protect personal data from unauthorised disclosure. Requests are normally answered within one month, subject to any extension permitted by law.

Where a request concerns published editorial or archival content, applicable rights may be limited where necessary and proportionate to reconcile data protection with freedom of expression and information or other rights recognised by law. Each request will be assessed individually.

12. Complaints

We encourage individuals to contact us first so that we can try to resolve a concern. Individuals also have the right to complain to the supervisory authority in the EU or EEA country of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.

For this Berlin-based controller the supervisory authority is the Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Alt-Moabit 59–61, 10555 Berlin, Germany; telephone +49 30 13889-0; email mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de; website https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/.

13. Children

The website is intended as a general historical and reference resource and is not directed specifically at children. We do not knowingly request personal data directly from children for an online service requiring parental consent. If you believe a child has provided personal data inappropriately, please contact us.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our processing activities, service providers, technologies, or legal obligations change. The current version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Where required, we will provide additional notice or request renewed consent before introducing a new processing purpose.

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