Adalbert de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Montmorency

Nicolas Raoul Adalbert de Talleyrand-Périgord (20 March 1837 – 25 March 1915), 7th Duke of Montmorency, was a French aristocrat.

Early life

He was born on 20 March 1837 in Paris. He was the youngest son of Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord and, his first wife, Anne Louise Charlotte de Montmorency. His siblings included Caroline Valentine de Talleyrand-Périgord (wife of Vicomte Charles Henri d'Etchegoyen), Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th Duke of Talleyrand-Périgord, After his mother died in 1858, his father married the Countess Hatzfeldt, Rachel Elisabeth Pauline de Castellane (widow of Max von Hatzfeldt and daughter of Marshal Boniface de Castellane). His aunt, Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, married Henri de Castellane. His maternal grandparents were Anne Charles François de Montmorency, 5th Duke of Montmorency, and Anne Louise Caroline de Goyon de Matignon, Countess de Gacé (sister to Anne Louis Raoul Victor de Montmorency, 6th Duke of Montmorency).

Career Upon the death of his uncle, in 1862, he became the Duke of Montmorency (third creation). The title had originally been created in 1688 as the Duke of Beaufort (second creation) but was changed to Duke of Montmorency in 1689. Before he succeeded to the title, he was known as the Count of Périgord.

He was prominent at the Court of Napoleon III and was a member of the Union Artistique. Before her death, they were the parents of one son:

Napoléon Louis Eugène Alexandre Anne Emmanuel de Talleyrand-Périgord (1867–1951), who married Marie-Joséphine-Henriette-Anne de Rohan-Chabot, eldest daughter of Alain de Rohan-Chabot, 11th Duke of Rohan and Herminie de La Brousse de Verteillac in 1891. After her death in 1903, he married wealthy American heiress Cécile ( Ulman) Blumenthal, widow of New York leather merchant Ferdinand Blumenthal, in 1917. After her death in 1927, he married Gabrielle-Ida ( Lefaivre) Grandjean, the widow of industrialist Armand-Augustin-Georges Grandjean and daughter of the French diplomat Alexis-Jules Lefaivre, in 1950. where her father was stationed.

His wife died in Arcachon, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine in 1880. The Duke died in 1915. After his death, his son inherited the dukedom. Upon his son's death in Paris in 1951, the dukedom of Montmorency became extinct.