Marie Armand Patrice de Mac Mahon


Marie Armand Patrice de Mac Mahon, known as Patrice de Mac Mahon, 2nd Duke of Magenta and 6th Marquis d'Éguilly in 1893, was a French soldier and aristocrat.

Life

The eldest son of Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, and Elisabeth de La Croix de Castries. MacMahon joined the Special Military School of Saint-Cyr in 1873 until 1875. On the death of his father, he inherited the ducal title Duc de Magenta in 1893. The following year, on the death of his cousin, Charles-Marie MacMahon, Marie inherited the title Marquis Éguilly in 1894 which was later changed to Marquis de MacMahon.
He participated in the conquest of Madagascar . He was then Battalion Commander from 28 October 1895, he was then appointed head of the 2nd  battalion of Foot Hunters in 1896 and remained so until 1904.
After serving in the 129th Infantry Regiment as a lieutenant colonel between 24 December 1912 and 13 October 1914. Also, with the rank of colonel of the 35th  Infantry Regiment and the 14th  Infantry Division under the command of General Louis Pastor and Etienne de Villaret, as well as Colonel of the 7th  army corps commanded by General Louis Bonneau.
He fought in World War I during which he commanded the 43rd Brigade, before being promoted to Brigadier General on 15 February 1915.
From 1924, he lived at 17, Boulevard Raspail. MacMahon died in 1927.

Marriage and issue

Marie Armand Patrice married in a civil ceremony, Princess Marguerite Françoise Marie Louise, daughter of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres and Princess Françoise of Orléans on 22 April 1896. On the 23rd he had a religious ceremony in the chapel of the Chateau of Chantilly. Princess Marguerite d'Orléans was born on 25 January 1869 in Morgan House, Ham, Richmond, England and died on 31 January 1940 at the Château de la Forêt in Montcresson
From this union are born three children and several descendants:
  1. Marie Elisabeth , married Henri Marie Léon de Plan, Count of Sieyès, on 22 September 1924 in Paris
  2. Amélie Françoise Marie , recipient of the Resistance Medal, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, married Almeric Philibert Marie Emmanuel Lombard de Buffières, Count of Rambuteau, on 5 February 1921 in Paris
  3. Maurice Jean Marie, 3rd Duke of Magenta, married Countess Marguerite Riquet de Caraman-Chimay on 25 August 1937 at the Château de Sully. Had issue, including:
  4. #Philippe Maurice Marie, 4th  Duke of Magenta , he married firstly, Claire-Marguerite Schindler, on 15 February 1978 in Mollis, Switzerland. He married secondly Amelia Margaret Mary Drummond, on 4 May 1990 in London, she was the daughter of Humphrey ap Evans and Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange. He had two children from each marriage:
  5. ##Adelaide Philippine Jeanne Marie  married Romain Armand Philippe Marie Joseph Pezet de Corval, on 3 April 2004 in Lusigny in a civil ceremony and a religious ceremony on the following 15 May in the Sainte-Marie-Madeleine basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
  6. ##Eléonore Philippine Jeanne Marie 
  7. ##Pélagie Jeanne Marie Marguerite Charlotte Nathalie  married Prince Amaury of Bourbon-Parma, on 4 June 2023 in Sully in a civil ceremony and a religious ceremony on 8 July in Castle of Sully-sur-Loire
  8. ##Maurice Marie Patrick Bacchus Humphrey, 5th Duke of Magenta 
  9. #Nathalie Jeanne Marie 
  10. #Anne Monique Marie , married Gérard Louis Jacques Arnould Thénard, Baron Thénard, on 5 October 1963 
  11. #Patrice Michel Marie , married Beatrix Bénigne Marie Anne de Blanquet du Chayla , on 11 June 1966 in Beaumont-le-Roger
  12. ##Diane Marguerite Marie , a French television personality, married firstly Frédéric Beigbeder , on 17 May 1991 in Paradou, they were divorced on 6 March 1996. Married secondly Guillaume Durand  on 8 April 2009 in Paris
  13. ##Elisabeth Jeanne Marie , married Philippe Edouard Bruno Lamblin, on 24 March 2000 in Paradou
  14. ##Sophie Jeanne Marie , married Esteban Juan Blanco y Theux, on 11 July 1997 in Paradou
  15. ##Amélie Marie Victoire , married Hubert Clicquot de Mentque, on 6 October 2007 in Paradou

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