Marie Joseph Anatole Elie

Marie Joseph Anatole Elie

Personal information
Full name	Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay
Born	4 July 1858(1858-07-04) Paris, France
Died	25 July 1937(1937-07-25) (aged 79) Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium
Sport
Sport	Fencing

Marie Joseph Anatole Elie, Prince de Caraman-Chimay (4 July 1858 – 25 July 1937) was the 19th Prince de Chimay from 1858 to 1937^[1] and a French Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.^[2]

He married Clara Ward, an American heiress, on 19 May 1890. They were divorced on 19 January 1897, after Clara ran away with a Gypsy violinist. The couple had two children:^[1]

• Marie Anatole Catherine Elisabeth, Comtesse de Caraman-Chimay (30 May 1891 – 13 February 1939), married Georges De Cocq in 1918
• Joseph Marie Pierre Anatole Alphonse de Riquet (6 August 1894 – 18 January 1920)

By a second marriage to Anne Marie Charlotte Amélie Gilone Le Veneur de Tillières (24 Jul 1889 – 22 Sep 1962) on 24 June 1920, he had two more children:^[1]

• Joseph Marie Alexandre Pierre Ghislain, 20th Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman (6 April 1921 – 23 June 1990), who resigned the title to his brother upon becoming a US citizen, married Germaine Hélène Jeanne van der Meulen in 1946, but died without issue
• Elie Marie Charles Pierre Paul, 21st Prince de Chimay, Prince de Caraman (22 October 1924 – 3 January 1980), married Marie Elisabeth Marthe Antoine Manset in 1947 and had issue

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Riquet de Carman and Chimay". angelfire.com. http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/caraman.html. Retrieved 2010-04-02. 
2. ^ "Marie Joseph Anatole Elie Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/joseph-prince-de-caraman-chimay-1.html. Retrieved 2010-04-02. 

Persondata
Name	Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay
Alternative names
Short description	Fencer
Date of birth	1858-7-4
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death	1937-7-25
Place of death	Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium