Emmanuelle de Dampierre (Victoire Jeanne Emmanuelle Joséphine Pierre Marie; 8 November 1913 – 3 May 2012) was an Italian-French aristocrat and a member of the Spanish royal family. Her husband, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, was the second son of King Alfonso XIII and the Legitimist pretender to the former French throne. While she and Infante Jaime divorced in 1947 and subsequently remarried, their divorce was not recognized by the Spanish and French governments nor by the Catholic Church.
| Emmanuelle de Dampierre | |||||
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| Duchess of Anjou and Sevogia | |||||
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| Consort of the Legitimist pretender to the French throne | |||||
| Pretence | 28 February 1941 – 20 March 1975 | ||||
| Predecessor | Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg | ||||
| Successor | Carmen Martínez-Bordiú | ||||
| Born | 8 November 1913 Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, Italy | ||||
| Died | 3 May 2012 (aged 98) Rome, Italy | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz Gonzalo, Duke of Aquitaine | ||||
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| House | House of Dampierre House of Bourbon | ||||
| Father | Roger, 2nd Duke of San Lorenzo Nuovo, Vicomte de Dampierre | ||||
| Mother | Princess Vittoria Ruspoli | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
Early life
editEmanuela was born on 8 November 1913 at the Palazzo Ruspoli, her maternal family's palace on the Via del Corso in Rome. She was the eldest daughter of the French nobleman Roger de Dampierre, 2nd Duke of San Lorenzo Nuovo, Vicomte de Dampierre and the Italian noblewoman and HSH, the painter Princess Vittoria Emilia Ipsycrathea Agricola Ruspoli, a daughter of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa.[1][2] Both her maternal and paternal families were part of the Papal nobility. She grew up in Paris until her parents divorced in 1930, at which time she returned with her mother to the Palazzo Ruspoli to live with her grandmother Josephine, Princess of Poggio Suasa.
Marriages
editOn 4 March 1935, she married Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, a member of the Spanish royal family, at the Church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome.[3] The marriage was arranged by their parents.[4] Her husband, the son of King Alfonso XIII, was born deaf and mute, therefore having to relinquish his rights to the Spanish throne.[3] Although he renounced his rights to the Spanish throne,[5] her husband was the Legitimist claimant to the former French throne and was granted the Dukedom of Segovia by his father.[3][1] They had two children:
- Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (20 April 1936 – 20 January 1989)[1]
- Gonzalo, Duke of Aquitaine (5 June 1937 – 5 March 2000)[1]
In 1947, Emanuelle and Infante Jaime divorced in Bucharest.[3] She married a second time to Antonio Sozzani, a Milanese stockbroker, in Vienna.[3] She and Sozzani divorced in 1967.[3] While her first divorce was legally recognized in Italy, it was not recognized by the Catholic Church nor by the Spanish and French governments.[3][1]
Later life and death
editIn 2003, Emanuelle published a memoir titled Memorias: Esposa y madre de los Borbones que pudieron reinar en España.[1][6]
She died on 3 May 2012 in Rome following a long-term illness.[3] She was buried in the Dampierre family vault at the Passy Cemetery in Paris.[1]
Honours
editNational
Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa- Spain: Dame of the Decoration of the Royal Cavalry Armory of Seville
Kingdom of Italy: Dame of the Italian Red Cross
- Foreign
Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Bailiff Dame of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Heraldry
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Coat of arms of Emmanuelle de Dampierre in Spain as Duchess of Segovia (1935-2012). -
Coat of arms of Emmanuelle de Dampierre as consort of the Pretender to the Spanish Throne with the Order of Queen Maria Luisa (1941-1969) -
Coat of arms of Emmanuelle de Dampierre in France as Duchess of Anjou and Segovia with Order of Queen Maria Luisa (1941-2012).
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "La tragedia de Emanuela Dampierre, suegra de Carmen Martínez-Bordiú: boda forzada, infidelidad y dos dramáticas muertes". Mujer Hoy. July 29, 2024.
- ^ "Milestones, Mar. 11, 1935". Time. 11 March 1935. Archived from the original on 15 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
Married. Don Jaime, 26, second son of ex-King Alfonso XIII of Spain; and Emanuela de Dampierre. 20, granddaughter of Princess Ruspoli Poggio di Suasa, (née Josephine Curtis of Boston); in Rome. Born a deaf-mute, Don Jaime has learned to speak croakingly.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Fallece en Roma Emmanuella de Dampierre, abuela de Luis Alfonso de Borbón". Diario ABC. May 3, 2012.
- ^ "Emmanuella Dampierre, una mujer de armas tomar". Diario ABC. May 5, 2012.
- ^ Urbiola, Fermin J. (May 3, 2012). "Emmanuella de Dampierre, una vida de desgracias" – via elpais.com.
- ^ Begoña Aranguren, Emanuela de Dampierre, Memorias: Esposa y madre de los Borbones que pudieron reinar en España (Madrid: Esfera, 2003), 105.