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{{infobox royal
| title        = [[Prince of Chimay]]
| name         = Joseph de Riquet de Caraman
| image        = Joseph RIQUET de CHIMAY.jpg
| caption      = ''Portrait of the Prince of Chimay, by [[Franz Xaver Winterhalter]], 1852''
| birth_date   = {{birthdate|1808|08|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Paris]], [[France]]
| death_date   = {{dda|1886|03|12|1808|08|20|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [[London]], [[England]]
| father       = [[François Joseph de Riquet de Caraman]]
| mother       = [[Thérésa Cabarrus]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Émilie Pellapra]]<br>|30 August 1830|1871|reason=died}}
| issue        = Emilie de Riquet de Caraman<br>[[Joseph de Riquet de Caraman (1836-1892)|Joseph de Riquet de Caraman]]<br>[[Valentine de Riquet de Caraman]]<br>Eugène de Riquet de Caraman
| house        = [[House of Riquet de Caraman|Riquet de Caraman]]
}}
'''Joseph de Riquet de Caraman''', 17th [[Prince de Chimay]] (20 August 1808 – 12 March 1886) was a Belgian diplomat and industrialist.
==Early life==
Joseph was the eldest son of [[François Joseph de Riquet de Caraman]], [[prince de Chimay]] and his wife [[Thérésa Cabarrus]] (''Madame Tallien''), one of the leaders of Parisian social life during the [[French Directory|Directory]].
==Career==
He led the negotiations which led to a treaty of friendship between the Netherlands and Belgium following [[William I of the Netherlands]]' abjuration, which guaranteed [[Belgian Revolution|Belgian independence]]. He also contributed to establishing Belgium's diplomatic relations with the [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]], the [[Kingdom of Naples]], the [[Papal States]] and the [[German Confederation]]. In 1824, he was created Prince of Caraman in the [[List of Dutch noble families|Dutch nobility]]<ref name="Harrison1914">{{cite book |title=The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe |date=1914 |publisher=Harrison & Sons |page=438 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Titled_Nobility_of_Europe/PUm1lS2j-wQC&pg=PA438 |access-date=23 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
In 1852, he acquired the Hôtel de la Pagerie at 17 quai Malaquais, in the [[6th arrondissement of Paris]], renaming it [[Hôtel de Chimay]]. It was sold in 1883 to the [[École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts|École des beaux-arts]]. In 1863, he built a theatre in his [[château de Chimay]] in Belgium, designed by [[Hector-Martin Lefuel]] and Cambon and inspired by [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]]'s theatre at the [[Palace of Fontainebleau]].
He financed the foundation of [[Scourmont Abbey]] on [[Chimay]] lands and in 1858 headed the consortium which founded the Compagnie de Chimay, one of the first Belgian railway companies, which built a line linking Chimay to [[Anor]] in France and [[Mariembourg]].<ref name="Weber2004">{{cite book |last1=Weber |first1=William E. |title=The Musician as Entrepreneur, 1700-1914: Managers, Charlatans, and Idealists |date=9 November 2004 |publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] |isbn=978-0-253-05776-1 |page=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT212 |access-date=5 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life==
[[File:Laszlo - Countess Dénes Széchényi.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait of his granddaughter, Countess [[Dionys Széchényi]], by [[Philip de László]], 1912]]
On 30 August 1830, Joseph married [[Émilie Pellapra]] (1806–1871) in Paris. The widow of [[Louis Marie Joseph de Brigode|comte de Brigode]], she was the daughter of [[Françoise-Marie LeRoy]] and Henri de Pellapra, a wealthy financier, although Émilie claimed to be a daughter of [[Napoleon]].<ref name="Bibesco">{{Cite journal |last=BIBESCO |first=Mme le Princesse |date=1921 |title=UNE FILLE DE NAPOLÉON: ÉMILIE DE PELLAPRA COMTESSE DE BRIGODE, PRINCESSE DE CHIMAY |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44845301 |journal=Revue des Deux Mondes (1829-1971) |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=319–336 |jstor=44845301 |issn=0035-1962}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Normington |first=Susan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=95jjAAAAMAAJ |title=Napoleon's Children |date=1993 |publisher=A. Sutton |isbn=978-0-7509-0203-8 |pages=67 |language=en}}</ref> Together, Émilie and Joseph had four children:
* Marie Thérèse ''Emilie'' de Riquet de Caraman (1832–1851), who married politician [[Frédéric Lagrange (politician)|Frédéric Lagrange]].
* [[Joseph de Riquet de Caraman (1836-1892)|Marie ''Joseph'' Guy Henry Philippe de Riquet de Caraman]] (1836–1892), who married Marie de [[Montesquiou family|Montesquiou-Fezensac]] in 1857. After her death in 1884, he married Mathilde de Barandiaran in 1889.<ref name="Doria1999">{{cite book |last1=Doria |first1=Francisco Antônio |title=Caramuru e Catarina: lendas e narrativas sobre a Case da Torre de Gracia d'Avila |date=1999 |publisher=Editora Senac |isbn=978-85-7359-125-5 |page=78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cb4LAAAAYAAJ |access-date=5 June 2023 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
* [[Valentine de Riquet de Caraman]] (1839–1914), who married Prince [[Paul de Bauffremont]] in 1861. They divorced in 1875 and she married Prince Georges Bibescu, a son of the [[Prince of Wallachia]] [[Gheorghe Bibescu]], in 1875.<ref name="Bibesco"/>
* Eugène de Riquet de Caraman (1847–1881), who married Louise de Graffenried-Villars.<ref name="heraldique1904"/>
The Prince de Chamay died in London on 12 March 1886.<ref name="1892NYTObit">{{cite news |title=OBITUARY NOTES. {{!}} The Prince de Chimay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1892/03/30/archives/obituary.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 March 1892}}</ref>
===Descendants===
Through his eldest son Joseph, he was a grandfather of [[Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay]] (who married, and divorced, American heiress [[Clara Ward, Princesse de Caraman-Chimay|Clara Ward]],<ref>{{cite news |title=THE ELOPING PRINCESS.; She Says She Bade Her Husband Farewell Before Leaving Him. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1896/12/25/archives/the-eloping-princess-she-says-she-bade-her-husband-farewell-before.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 December 1896}}</ref><ref name="1897Divorce">{{cite news |title=DIVORCES GRANTED IN EUROPE.; The Prince de Chimay Free from His Eloping Wife. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1897/02/03/archives/divorces-granted-in-europe-the-prince-de-chimay-free-from-his.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=3 February 1897}}</ref><ref name="1899gypsy">{{cite news |title=JANOS RIGO REPORTED DEAD.; He Was the Gypsy Who Eloped with the Princess De Chimay. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1899/06/07/archives/janos-rigo-reported-dead-he-was-the-gypsy-who-eloped-with-the.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 June 1899}}</ref><ref name="CWObit1916">{{cite news |title=CLARA WARD DIES IN ITALY.; Former Princess Chimay, Who Eloped with Rigo, Gypsy Violinist. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/12/19/archives/clara-ward-dies-in-italy-former-princess-chimay-who-eloped-with.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=19 December 1916}}</ref><ref name="1916Estate">{{cite news |title=CLARA WARD LEFT $1,124,935 ESTATE; Fortune Is to be Divided Into Trust Funds for Her Husband and Children. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/12/23/archives/clara-ward-left-1124935-estate-fortune-is-to-be-divided-into-trust.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=23 December 1916}}</ref> and Anne Marie Charlotte Amélie Gilone Le Veneur de Tillières),<ref name="Gotha1927">{{cite book |title=Almanach de Gotha |date=1927 |publisher=Johann Paul Mevius sel. Witwe und Johann Christian Dieterich |page=578 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLWz_eZE5QEC&pg=PA578 |access-date=5 June 2023 |language=fr}}</ref> [[Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe|Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay]] (who married [[Henry Greffulhe|Henry, Count of Greffulhe]]),<ref name="Verhovek1997">{{cite news |last1=Verhovek |first1=Sam Howe |title=Texas Two-Step In Rococo Palace |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/10/garden/texas-two-step-in-rococo-palace.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 July 1997}}</ref><ref name="Friedman2015">{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Vanessa |title=When the Famous Dressed Themselves |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/fashion/jacqueline-de-ribes-elisabeth-countess-greffulhe.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 November 2015}}</ref> Pierre de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (who married Marthe Mathilde Barbe Werlé and Jeanne Marie Carraby),<ref name="Gotha1927"/> Ghislaine de Caraman-Chimay (a lady-in-waiting to [[Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians|Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians]]),<ref name="Gotha1927"/> Marie Joséphine de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (who married Charles Camille Pochet),<ref name="Gotha1927"/> and Alexandre de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay (who married Catherine Hélène, [[Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba|Princess Bassaraba de Brancovan]],<ref name="Carter2013">{{cite book |last1=Carter |first1=William C. |title=Marcel Proust: A Life, with a New Preface by the Author |date=2013 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |isbn=978-0-300-19179-0 |page=268 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYaT_pCoA08C&pg=PA268 |accessdate=3 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prince Alexandre de Caraman-Chimay and Princess Hélène Bassaraba de Brancovan 1898 Wedding |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47939211/prince-alexandre-de-caraman-chimay-and/ |accessdate=3 April 2020 |work=[[The Pall Mall Gazette]] |date=25 August 1898 |pages=8}}</ref> and [[Mathilde Stuyvesant]] ({{nee}} Löwenguth) in 1933,<ref name="PrincessObit1948">{{cite news |title=PRINCESS CHIMAY DIES IN HOME HERE; The Former Mrs. Rutherfurd Stuyvesant Aided Charity Drive in 1st World War |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/07/11/archives/prihcess-chimay-dies-in-home-here-the-former-mrs-rutherfurd.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 July 1948}}</ref> a French widow of an American heir who had previously been married to a Dutch count).<ref name="1933Wedding">{{cite news |title=MRS. STUYYESANT IS WED TO PRINCE; Becomes Bride of Alexandre de Caraman-Chimay, Member of an Old Belgian Family. SHE WAS ONCE BARONESS Widow of Noted New Yorker Was Dutch Nobleman's Widow at Marriage 30 Years Ago. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/08/18/archives/mrs-stuyyesant-is-wed-to-prince-k-becomes-bride-of-alexandre-de.html |accessdate=3 April 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 August 1933}}</ref>
Through his youngest son Prince Eugène, he was a grandfather of Countess Emilie de Caraman et Chimay (1871–1944), who married Hungarian diplomat Count [[Dionys Széchényi]], and Countess Hélène de Caraman et Chimay (1864–1902), who married Anglo-Irish diplomat [[John Francis Charles, 7th Count de Salis-Soglio]].<ref name="heraldique1904">{{cite book |title=Annuaire général heraldique pour 1904 |date=1904 |page=756 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annuaire_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_heraldique_pour_1904/kHBUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA756 |access-date=5 August 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
==References==
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==External lknks==
* [http://www.odis.be/lnk/PS_27432 JOSEPH DE RIQUET] at the Online Database voor Intermediaire Structuren
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