Biography of Armand de Gramont 12th Duc de Gramont 1879-1962

On 10th December 1878 [his father] Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont (age 27) and [his mother] Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont (age 23) were married. Her father [his grandfather] Mayer Carl Freiherr von Rothschild (age 58) disapproved; he disowned her. He the son of [his grandfather] Agénor 10th Duc de Gramont (age 59).

On 29th September 1879 Armand de Gramont 12th Duc de Gramont was born to Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont (age 28) and Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont (age 24).

In 1904 Armand de Gramont 12th Duc de Gramont (age 24) and Élaine Greffulhe Duchess Gramont (age 21) were married. He the son of Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont (age 52) and Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont (age 48).

1904. Philip de László (age 34). Portrait of Armand de Gramont 12th Duc de Gramont (age 24).

On 25th July 1905 [his mother] Marguerite de Rothschild Duchess Gramont (age 49) died.

On 3rd August 1907 [his father] Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont (age 55) and [his step-mother] Princess Maria Ruspoli (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Gramont. The difference in their ages was 36 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Agénor 10th Duc de Gramont.

1922. Philip de László (age 52). Portrait of Armand de Gramont 12th Duc de Gramont (age 42).

On 30th January 1925 [his father] Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont 11th Duc de Gramont (age 73) died. His son Armand (age 45) succeeded 12th Duke Gramont. [his wife] Élaine Greffulhe Duchess Gramont (age 42) by marriage Duchess Gramont.

On 11th February 1958 [his wife] Élaine Greffulhe Duchess Gramont (age 75) died.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 2nd August 1962 Armand de Gramont 12th Duc de Gramont (age 82) died.