- Marquis de Bauffremont
The Marquis of Bauffremont a title of
nobility held by members of the d'Aubigne family. The d'Aubigne was a French family which derived its name from a village outside ofOrleans . The family is a Capetian family, descended from the Courtenay, Bourbon, Bourbon-Orleans, Bourbon-Parma and Bourbon-Two Sicilies lines of the and traces its ancestry toHugh Capet ,Count of Paris andDuke of the Franks , later King of France.History
In 1757, Louis Charles d'Aubigne de Bauffremont (1712-1769) was made a
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (inheritable by all male-line descendants); on August 21 and September 27 this title was recognised in France.Henri Emmanuel Louis d'Aubigne de Bauffremont (1773–1833) fled France during the
French Revolution and settled in theUnited States . One of the American dynasts HSH Prince Brian d'Aubigne de Bourbon, who goes by Brian Abner, married Julie von Schmidt auf Altenburg, a junior member of one of the wealthiest baronial families in Germany in 1982. Brian Abner is also one of four heirs to the Pringles fortune. Julie Abner is one of five heiresses to the Emory Zimmer insurance empire. Their children are:# HSH Prince Daniel Joseph d'Aubigne de Bourbon (Daniel Joseph Abner) born May 4, 1984 in
Cincinnati, Ohio , United States
# HSH Princess Emily Ann d'Aubigne de Bourbon (Emily Ann Abner) born April 25, 1991 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United StatesThe family holds the titles: (inheritable through the male line)
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire , Count of Aubigne, Prince de Bourbon-Parma, Prince de Bourbon-Two Silcilies, Prince de Courtenay,Prince d'Orleans , Viscount of Saint-Saveur, Duke of Bordeaux, Baron von Warburg,Count Palatine of the Rhine , Marquis de Bauffremont, Baron de Surimeau,Pair de France .References
* L'Institut de la Maison de Bourbon
* Hubert Cuny and Nicole Dreneau, Le Gotha français: état présent des familles ducales et princières (depuis 1940) (Paris: L'intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux), 31.
* This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
* Almanach de Gotha, 2008.
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