Peerage Record – 8794

     Anne-Claude Pattyn was born on 15 February 1980 at Paris, France^G. She is the daughter of Christian Pattyn and Helene d‘Alverny.

     Princesse Guillemette de Bauffremont was born in 1913 at Paris, France^G. She was the daughter of Pierre d’Alcantara de Bauffremont, Prince-Duc de Bauffremont-Courtenay and Therese Chevrier. She married Alain Blancard in 1966 at Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru, France^G. She died in 1981 at Paris, France^G.
     Her married name became Blancard.

     Alain Blancard married Princesse Guillemette de Bauffremont, daughter of Pierre d’Alcantara de Bauffremont, Prince-Duc de Bauffremont-Courtenay and Therese Chevrier, in 1966 at Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru, France^G.

     Princesse Anne de Bauffremont was born in 1919 at Paris, France^G. She was the daughter of Pierre d’Alcantara de Bauffremont, Prince-Duc de Bauffremont-Courtenay and Therese Chevrier. She died in 1945 at concentration camp, Ravensbrück, Germany^G.

     Marie Louise de Bauffremont was born on 1 March 1874 at Paris, France^G. She was the daughter of Pierre Eugene de Bauffremont, Prince-Duc de Bauffremont-Courtenay and Maria Cristina Osorio de Moscoso y de Borbón, Duquesa de Astrico. She married Jean de Merode, Prince de Merode on 24 May 1897 at Paris, France^G. She died on 15 July 1955 at age 81 at Brussels, Belgium^G.

     Jean de Merode, Prince de Merode married Marie Louise de Bauffremont, daughter of Pierre Eugene de Bauffremont, Prince-Duc de Bauffremont-Courtenay and Maria Cristina Osorio de Moscoso y de Borbón, Duquesa de Astrico, on 24 May 1897 at Paris, France^G. He died in 1933.
     He gained the title of Prince Jean de Merode.

     Amaury de Merode, Prince de Merode was born on 3 October 1902. He was the son of Jean de Merode, Prince de Merode and Marie Louise de Bauffremont. He married Marie-Claire Prinzessin von Croÿ, daughter of Auguste Marie Gustave Etienne Charles Emmanuel Prinz von Croÿ and Marie-Salvatrix Prinzessin und Herzogin d’ Arenburg, on 13 June 1926 at Roeulx, France^G, in a civil marriage. Amaury and Marie-Claire were also married in a religious ceremony on 14 June 1926. He died on 17 May 1980 at age 77.
     He gained the title of Prince Amaury de Merode.

     Marie-Claire Prinzessin von Croÿ was born on 25 September 1907 at Roeulx, France^G. She is the daughter of Auguste Marie Gustave Etienne Charles Emmanuel Prinz von Croÿ and Marie-Salvatrix Prinzessin und Herzogin d’ Arenburg. She married Amaury de Merode, Prince de Merode, son of Jean de Merode, Prince de Merode and Marie Louise de Bauffremont, on 13 June 1926 at Roeulx, France^G, in a civil marriage. Marie-Claire and Amaury were also married in a religious ceremony on 14 June 1926.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Croÿ. From 14 June 1926, her married name became de Merode.

     Jean de Merode, Prince de Merode was born on 27 February 1927 at Brussels, Belgium^G. He is the son of Amaury de Merode, Prince de Merode and Marie-Claire Prinzessin von Croÿ. He married Helene des Roys, daughter of Francois des Roys d’Eschandelys, Marquis des Roys and Princesse Yolande de Polignac, on 31 August 1954.

     Claude des Roys was born on 9 May 1939 at Paris, France^G. She is the daughter of Francois des Roys d’Eschandelys, Marquis des Roys and Princesse Yolande de Polignac. She married Prince Peter Sanguszko on 6 September 1969.
     Her married name became Sanguszko.