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{{Short description|German noble (1794–1871)}}
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|name = August von Senarclens de Grancy
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|birth_place=[[Vaud]], [[Old Swiss Confederacy]]
|birth_place=[[Vaud]], [[Old Swiss Confederacy]]
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|death_place=[[Jugenheim]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]]
|death_place=[[Jugenheim]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]]
|spouse = Luise von Otting und Fünfstetten
|spouse = {{Marriage|Countess Luise von Otting und Fünfstetten|15 November 1836}}
|profession=[[Stable Master]]
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'''August Ludwig Freiherr von Senarclens-Grancy''' ({{Langx|fr|Auguste Louis de Senarclens de Grancy}}; 19 August 1794{{Snd}}3 October 1871) was the firstborn son of three sons and four daughters of César Auguste, Baron von [[Senarclens]] de [[Grancy]], (1763-1836) and his wife, Élisabeth Claudine Marie-Rose de Loriol (1773-1846).<ref>{{cite web |title=Genealogy File: Auguste Louis von Senarclens-Grancy, 19 Aug 1794 - ? |url=http://www.royalblood.co.uk/D1236/I1236512.html |url-status=dead |accessdate=2011-04-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308163909/http://www.royalblood.co.uk/D1236/I1236512.html |archivedate=2012-03-08}}</ref> Senarclens de Grancy is reputed to have been the long-time lover of [[Wilhelmine of Baden]], the Grand Duchess consort of Hesse, and the actual father by her of Empress [[Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse and by Rhine)|Maria Alexandrovna of Russia]] and [[Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823–1888)|Prince Alexander of Hesse]] (who himself is an ancestor of modern royalty in [[Spanish royal family|Spain]], [[British royal family|the United Kingdom]], and other European countries).

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'''August Ludwig, [[Freiherr|Baron]] von Senarclens de Grancy''' (19 August 1794 &ndash; 3 October 1871) was born ''Auguste Louis de Senarclens de Grancy'' at the château d'Etoy in the canton of [[Vaud]], Switzerland (ancestral home of the de Loriol family), the firstborn son of three sons and four daughters of Cesar August, Baron von [[Senarclens]] de [[Grancy]], (born in 1763) and wife Élizabeth Claudine Marie-Rose de Loriol (born in 1773).<ref>http://www.royalblood.co.uk/D1236/I1236512.html</ref> He is reputed to have been the long-time lover of [[Wilhelmine of Baden]], the Grand Duchess consort of Hesse, and the actual father by her of the Empress consort [[Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse and by Rhine)|Maria Alexandrovna of Russia]] and [[Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823–1888)|Prince Alexander of Hesse]], ancestors of modern royalty in Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.


==Life==
==Life==
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Senarclens de Grancy became the [[stable master]] of [[Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse]], a major general and a knight in the [[Order of Malta]]. It is also alleged that he was the biological father of four of the children of his employer's wife and, therefore, a likely ancestor of [[Felipe VI of Spain]] and [[Charles III|Charles III of the United Kingdom]]. Senarclens de Grancy may also be a direct ancestor of several royal [[pretender]]s: [[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia]], [[Margareta of Romania]] and [[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia]].


Senarclens de Grancy died in Jugenheim on 3 October 1871.
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He became the [[stable master]] of [[Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse]], a major general and a knight in the [[Order of Malta]]. It is also alleged that he was the biological father of four of the children of his employer's wife and, therefore, a likely ancestor of [[Felipe VI of Spain]] and [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], [[heir apparent]] to the throne of the United Kingdom. He may also be a direct-line ancestor of several royal [[pretender]]s: [[Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia]], [[Michael I of Romania|King Michael of Romania]] and [[Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia]], heir to the throne of the [[German Empire]] which collapsed at the end of [[World War I]].


==Marriage and children==
[[Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse]], bought the property of [[Schloss Heiligenberg (Jugenheim)|Heiligenberg]] near [[Jugenheim]] in 1820, installing his [[chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]], Senarclens de Grancy, there. From the year of that acquisition Grand Duchess [[Princess Wilhelmine of Baden|Wilhelmine]] no longer lived with her consort, with whom she had not had any children since 1809, and proceeded to give birth four times between 1821 and 1824. Senarclens's identity as the father of the later children of Wilhelmine was strongly suspected: correspondence asserting or repeating the allegation was recorded by several government ministers, ambassadors and sovereigns, including [[Tsar Nicholas I]] and [[Queen Victoria]].
===Allegedly with Wilhelmine of Baden===
[[Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse]], bought the [[Schloss Heiligenberg (Jugenheim)|Heiligenberg]] estate near [[Jugenheim]] in 1820, where he installed Senarclens de Grancy as his [[Chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]] later that year. Louis II's wife, the Grand Duchess [[Princess Wilhelmine of Baden|Wilhelmine]], began living at Heiligenberg during the summers, and wintered at other estates, rarely accompanying her husband from then on. The Grand Duchess gave birth to four more children between 1821 and 1824 after not bearing any children to Louis II for nine years. Senarclens-Grancy's paternity was strongly suspected, and was treated as an open secret by the Hessian court.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Louis II did not deny paternity nor seek to disinherit the two children who lived to adulthood.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}


Grand Duchess Wilhelmine's children born after 1820 were:
By Wilhelmina, Senarclens de Grancy is believed to have fathered four children during her marriage to Grand Duke Louis:
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* Princess Amalia Elisabeth Luise Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine (20 May 1821{{Snd}}27 May 1826).

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* Princess Amalia ''Elisabeth'' Luise Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (20 May 1821 &ndash; 27 May 1826).
* Stillborn daughter (7 June 1822).
* Stillborn daughter (7 June 1822).
* [[Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt|Prince ''Alexander'' Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil of Hesse and by Rhine]] (15 July 1823 &ndash; 15 December 1888), [[morganatic marriage|morganatically married]] to [[Julia, Princess of Battenberg|Countess Julie Hauke]], she and their children being elevated to the title of princess/prince of Battenberg.
* [[Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine|Prince Alexander Ludwig Georg Friedrich Emil]] (15 July 1823{{Snd}}15 December 1888), [[morganatic marriage|morganatically married]] to [[Julia, Princess of Battenberg|Countess Julie von Hauke]], she and their children being elevated to the title of [[House of Battenberg|Princes of Battenberg]].
* [[Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse|Princess Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie ''Marie'' of Hesse and by Rhine]] (8 August 1824 &ndash; 3 June 1880); the future [[Empress consort]] of [[Alexander II of Russia|Tsar Alexander II]] of [[Russia]].
* [[Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)|Princess Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie Marie]] (8 August 1824{{Snd}}3 June 1880); the future [[Empress consort]] of [[Alexander II of Russia]].


===Marriage to Luise von Otting und Fünfstetten===
Alexander and Marie were the only two to survive childhood and remained legally the children of Wilhelmina's husband, Grand Duke Louis II, who neither denied paternity nor sought to disinherit any of the children to whom his wife gave birth, even after the death of the Grand Duchess. Alexander and Marie are ancestors of the last [[Emperor of Russia|emperors of Russia]], as well as the princely [[Battenberg family|Battenbergs]] (now known as the [[House of Mountbatten|Mountbattens]]).
On 15 November 1836, Senarclens de Grancy married Countess Luise Wilhelmine Camille von Otting und Fünfstetten (born von Schönfeld; 24 May 1810{{Snd}}18 May 1876), daughter of Count Friedrich von Otting und Fünfstetten (1767-1834), himself an illegitimate son of the [[Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]], and his wife, Wilhelmine, [[Marquise]] de Montperny (1788-1874), herself a [[morganatic marriage|morganatic]] granddaughter of [[Prince William Louis of Baden|Prince William Louis of Baden-Durlach]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://geneall.net/en/name/2091755/auguste-louis-de-senarclens-de-grancy/ | title=Auguste Louis de Senarclens de Grancy, * 1794 &#124; Geneall.net }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Genealogy File: Luise Wilhelmine Camilla von Otting und Fünfstetten, 24 May 1810 - ?|url=http://www.royalblood.co.uk/D1236/I1236509.html|url-status=dead|accessdate=2011-04-30|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926224815/http://www.royalblood.co.uk/D1236/I1236509.html|archivedate=2011-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Auguste Louis von Senarclens-Grancy b. 19 Aug 1794 Schloss Etoy d. 8 Oct 1871 Jugenheim: Geneagraphie - Families all over the world|url=http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I671385&tree=1}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Family tree of August Ludwig von Senarclens-Grancy|url=http://gw.geneanet.org/cvpolier?lang=en&p=august+ludwig&n=von+senarclens+grancy}}</ref>
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* Baroness Wilhelmine Marie (11 August 1837{{Snd}}22 November 1912), unmarried.
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* Baron Ludwig (9 June 1839{{Snd}}2 February 1910), on 27 October 1870 married Amalie Barbara Löw von und zu Steinfurth (1852–1936), daughter of Wilhelm Löw von und zu Steinfurth and Elisabeth Seipel.
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* Baroness Marie Wilhelmine (9 June 1840{{Snd}}5 July 1908), on 26 September 1871 married Ludwig Heinrich von Hesse (1827–1895), sometimes written Hess, son of Andreas Wilhelm von Hesse.
* Baroness Katharine Karoline Maria Wilhelmine Louise (10 March 1842 – 4 December 1842)
* Baron Heinrich Adolph Maximilian Ludwig (31 July 1845{{Snd}}17 January 1908), unmarried.
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* Baron Albert Ludwig Friedrich (9 February 1847{{Snd}}20 January 1901), married Antoinette de Senarclens de Grancy, a cousin.
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* Baroness Constance Marie Wilhelmine (11 September 1852{{Snd}}9 March 1933), married Karl von Oertzen.


==Ancestry==
In 1836, the same year of Grand Duchess Wilhelmine's death, he married Luise Wilhelmine Camille von Otting und Fünfstetten (24 May 1810 – 1876), said to be a morganatic descendant of the [[Palatine Zweibrücken#List of Counts Palatine|Counts Palatine of Zweïbrucken]] and the [[List of rulers of Baden#Margraves of Baden-Durlach, 1515–1771|Margraves of Baden-Durlach]], by whom he had three sons and three daughters:<ref>http://geneall.net/en/name/2091755/auguste-louis-de-senarclens-de-grancy/</ref><ref>http://www.royalblood.co.uk/D1236/I1236509.html</ref><ref>http://geneagraphie.com/getperson.php?personID=I671385&tree=1</ref><ref>http://gw.geneanet.org/cvpolier?lang=en&p=august+ludwig&n=von+senarclens+grancy</ref>
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* Baroness Wilhelmine von Senarclens de Grancy (11 August 1837 &ndash; 1912), unmarried.
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* Baron Ludwig von Senarclens de Grancy (9 June 1839 &ndash; 2 February 1910), married Amalie Barbara, Baroness Löw von und zu Steinfurth.
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* Baroness Marie Wilhelmine von Senarclens de Grancy (9 June 1840 &ndash; 5 July 1908), married Ludwig Heinrich von Hesse.
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* Baron Henri Adolphe Louis von Senarclens de Grancy (1845 &ndash; died young).
|1= 1. '''August von Senarclens de Grancy'''
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* Baron Albert Ludwig Friedrich von Senarclens de Grancy (9 February 1847 &ndash; 20 January 1901), married his kinswoman Antoinette von Senarclens de Grancy.
|2= 2. César Auguste de Senarclens de Grancy
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* Baroness Constance von Senarclens de Grancy (11 September 1852 &ndash; 9 March 1933), married Karl von Oertzen.
|3= 3. Marie-Rose de Loriol

|4= 4. Auguste Victor de Senarclens
He died at Jugenheim.
|5= 5. Madeleine de Chandieu
|6= 6. Rodolphe de Loriol
|7= 7. Cathérine Tronchin
|8= 8. Pierre Daniel de Senarclens
|9= 9. Bénigne de Gingins
|10=10. Charles Esaïe de Chandieu
|11=11. Renée de Chandieu
|12=12. Paul de Loriol
|13=13. Madeleine Monnier
|14=14. Pierre Tronchin
|15=15. Catherine Armand
}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
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* Lambton, Antony (1989) ''The Mountbattens : the Battenburgs and young Mountbatten'', London : Constable, {{ISBN|0-09-472250-1}}
* Lambton, Antony (1989) ''The Mountbattens : the Battenburgs and young Mountbatten'', London : Constable, {{ISBN|0-09-472250-1}}
* Shelton, Darren (1998) "Royal Quarterings: The ahnenreihe of the grandchildren of the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine", ''European Royal History Journal'', '''I''' (VI:August), p.&nbsp;19-22
* Shelton, Darren (1998) "Royal Quarterings: The ahnenreihe of the grandchildren of the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine", ''European Royal History Journal'', '''I''' (VI:August), p.&nbsp;19-22
* http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00096511&tree=LEO{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}


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Latest revision as of 10:26, 1 November 2024

August von Senarclens de Grancy
Born(1794-08-19)19 August 1794
Vaud, Old Swiss Confederacy
Died3 October 1871(1871-10-03) (aged 77)
Jugenheim, Kingdom of Prussia
Spouse(s)
Countess Luise von Otting und Fünfstetten
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​
(m. 1836)​
OccupationStable Master

August Ludwig Freiherr von Senarclens-Grancy (French: Auguste Louis de Senarclens de Grancy; 19 August 1794 – 3 October 1871) was the firstborn son of three sons and four daughters of César Auguste, Baron von Senarclens de Grancy, (1763-1836) and his wife, Élisabeth Claudine Marie-Rose de Loriol (1773-1846).[1] Senarclens de Grancy is reputed to have been the long-time lover of Wilhelmine of Baden, the Grand Duchess consort of Hesse, and the actual father by her of Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia and Prince Alexander of Hesse (who himself is an ancestor of modern royalty in Spain, the United Kingdom, and other European countries).

Life

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Senarclens de Grancy became the stable master of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, a major general and a knight in the Order of Malta. It is also alleged that he was the biological father of four of the children of his employer's wife and, therefore, a likely ancestor of Felipe VI of Spain and Charles III of the United Kingdom. Senarclens de Grancy may also be a direct ancestor of several royal pretenders: Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, Margareta of Romania and Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia.

Senarclens de Grancy died in Jugenheim on 3 October 1871.

Marriage and children

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Allegedly with Wilhelmine of Baden

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Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, bought the Heiligenberg estate near Jugenheim in 1820, where he installed Senarclens de Grancy as his chamberlain later that year. Louis II's wife, the Grand Duchess Wilhelmine, began living at Heiligenberg during the summers, and wintered at other estates, rarely accompanying her husband from then on. The Grand Duchess gave birth to four more children between 1821 and 1824 after not bearing any children to Louis II for nine years. Senarclens-Grancy's paternity was strongly suspected, and was treated as an open secret by the Hessian court.[citation needed] Louis II did not deny paternity nor seek to disinherit the two children who lived to adulthood.[citation needed]

Grand Duchess Wilhelmine's children born after 1820 were:

Marriage to Luise von Otting und Fünfstetten

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On 15 November 1836, Senarclens de Grancy married Countess Luise Wilhelmine Camille von Otting und Fünfstetten (born von Schönfeld; 24 May 1810 – 18 May 1876), daughter of Count Friedrich von Otting und Fünfstetten (1767-1834), himself an illegitimate son of the Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and his wife, Wilhelmine, Marquise de Montperny (1788-1874), herself a morganatic granddaughter of Prince William Louis of Baden-Durlach.[2][3][4][5]

  • Baroness Wilhelmine Marie (11 August 1837 – 22 November 1912), unmarried.
  • Baron Ludwig (9 June 1839 – 2 February 1910), on 27 October 1870 married Amalie Barbara Löw von und zu Steinfurth (1852–1936), daughter of Wilhelm Löw von und zu Steinfurth and Elisabeth Seipel.
  • Baroness Marie Wilhelmine (9 June 1840 – 5 July 1908), on 26 September 1871 married Ludwig Heinrich von Hesse (1827–1895), sometimes written Hess, son of Andreas Wilhelm von Hesse.
  • Baroness Katharine Karoline Maria Wilhelmine Louise (10 March 1842 – 4 December 1842)
  • Baron Heinrich Adolph Maximilian Ludwig (31 July 1845 – 17 January 1908), unmarried.
  • Baron Albert Ludwig Friedrich (9 February 1847 – 20 January 1901), married Antoinette de Senarclens de Grancy, a cousin.
  • Baroness Constance Marie Wilhelmine (11 September 1852 – 9 March 1933), married Karl von Oertzen.

Ancestry

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Genealogy File: Auguste Louis von Senarclens-Grancy, 19 Aug 1794 - ?". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  2. ^ "Auguste Louis de Senarclens de Grancy, * 1794 | Geneall.net".
  3. ^ "Genealogy File: Luise Wilhelmine Camilla von Otting und Fünfstetten, 24 May 1810 - ?". Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
  4. ^ "Auguste Louis von Senarclens-Grancy b. 19 Aug 1794 Schloss Etoy d. 8 Oct 1871 Jugenheim: Geneagraphie - Families all over the world".
  5. ^ a b "Family tree of August Ludwig von Senarclens-Grancy".

References

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  • de Senarclens, Jean (2004) 800 ans d'histoire de la famille de Senarclens et de sa branche de Grancy, Genève : Slatkine, ISBN 2-8321-0178-X
  • Lambton, Antony (1989) The Mountbattens : the Battenburgs and young Mountbatten, London : Constable, ISBN 0-09-472250-1
  • Shelton, Darren (1998) "Royal Quarterings: The ahnenreihe of the grandchildren of the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine", European Royal History Journal, I (VI:August), p. 19-22
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