Jean, duc de Decazes

Jean-"Élie"-Octave-Louis-Sévère-Amanien Decazes de Glücksbierg, 3rd Duc de Decazes and 3rd Hertig af Glücksbierg (April 30, 1864 - August 31, 1912) was a French aristocrat and sportsman.

Born in Paris, on April 28, 1888 he married there Isabelle-Blanche Singer (Paris, March 27, 1869 - Paris, November 15, 1896), a daughter of American sewing-machine millionaire Isaac Singer. They had three children: Louis Jean Victor Sévère (1889-1941), Marguerite Séverine Philippine, best known as Daisy, (1890-1962), and Jacques Louis Élie Decazes de Glücksbierg (Paris, August 31, 1891 - Beaumont-en-Beine, March 15, 1916), unmarried and without issue. His wife committed suicide in 1896 and their children were raised in large part by their aunt Winnaretta Singer, Princess Edmond de Polignac.

A member of the Yacht Club de France, Jean Decazes won a silver medal in sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics. The following year he captured the 1901 Coupe de France with his sailboat "Quand-Même II".

He died in Chantilly in 1912.

References

* [http://www.ycf-club.fr/HTML/histo_coupe.htm Yacht Club de France]