Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th Duke of Dino, 2nd Marquis de Talleyrand (25 January 1843 – 5 January 1917) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and author.

Early life He was born on 25 January 1843 in Paris, France. He was the son of Alexandre de Talleyrand-Périgord (1813–1894), who was styled 3rd Duke of Dino, 1st Marquis de Talleyrand, and Valentine de Sainte-Aldegonde (1820–1891). His older sister, Clémentine Marie Wilhelmine, was married to Count Alexandre Orlowski, and his younger sister, Elisabeth Alexandrine Florence, was married to Count Hans d'Oppersdorff. His younger brother was Archambaud Anatole Paul de Talleyrand-Périgord. in Nice, France. She was the daughter of Joseph David Beers-Curtis and his wife, Elizabeth (née Shipton Giles). They lived together at the new château in the grounds of the demolished Château de Montmorency. Before their divorce on 11 August 1886, they were the parents of:

Marie Pauline "Palma" de Talleyrand-Périgord (1871–1952), who married Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa (1867–1963), son of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa and his first wife, Princess Caterina Vogoride-Conachi.

On 25 January 1887, shocking society, he married the U.S. divorcée Adele Livingston Stevens (née Sampson; 1841–1912) in Paris. Adele, the daughter of Joseph Sampson (a merchant and co-founder of the Chemical Bank – the precursor to JPMorgan Chase) and Adele Sampson (née Livingston, of the prominent U.S. Livingston family), was the former wife of Frederick William Stevens (1839–1928). They divorced on 3 April 1903. After his death, his younger brother became the 3rd Marquis de Talleyrand.

Descendants Through his only daughter Palma, he was the grandfather of five, including:

Costantino Carlo Michele Agostino dei Principi Ruspoli (1891–1942), who married Elisabeth Catherine Adrienne Marie Anne Comtesse van der Noot d'Assche; Marescotti dei Principi Ruspoli (1892–1942), who married Virginia dei Marchesi Patrizi Naro Montoro; Alessandro Edmondo Eugenio dei Principi Ruspoli (1895–1975), who married Marthe-Marie de Pineton de Chambrun; Emanuele Costantino dei Principi Ruspoli (b. 1900), who married Teresa Tomassetti; Carlo Maurizio Giuseppe Edgardo dei Principi Ruspoli (1906–1947), who married firstly, Marina dei Conti Volpi di Misurata, and secondly Luisa Maria Camperio.