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unusual facts about Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua



Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing

Though she bears no noble title, she is a daughter of François Marie Joseph Abel Henri Sauvage, marquis of Brantès, who died in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp on 8 May 1944, and his wife, the former Princess Aymone Marie Sylvie Renée de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny, a great-great-granddaughter of Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry by his mistress Amy Brown.

Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua

Later, Charles applied for a Special marriage licence from the Archbishop of Canterbury in order to marry (or re-marry) Miss Smyth at St George's, Hanover Square.

The Master of the Faculties, Dr John Nicholl, refused to grant the licence on the grounds that the royal succession might be affected by the non-recognition of the marriage in Naples.

Élie, duc Decazes

Decazes was denounced as the new Sejanus, the modern Catiline; and when, on 13 February, the Duke of Berry was murdered, clamorous tongues loudly accused him of being an accomplice in the crime.

Tomás Terry

María Natividad (1882–1960), married to Prince Guy Charles de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny (1876–1914), great-grandson of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry through his daughter Charlotte, Countess of Issoudun, bore by his mistress Amy Brown (with issue, including Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing).


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