Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord

Charles Guillaume Frédéric Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord (1832-1910), prince of Sagan (from 1845), duke of Sagan and duke of Talleyrand (from 1898) was a famous French dandy.

In 1858 he married Jeanne Seillière (1839-1905), and they had two children : Hély (1859-1937), who married Anna Gould (previously married to Hély's cousin Boni de Castellane from 1895 to 1906), and Boson (1867-1952).

A cavalry officer, he was one of the major figures in French high society in the second half of the 19th century. Boni de Castellane wrote of him:

A cabotin, brave, amiable, high but without airs-and-graces, he had a supreme elegance, with the air of a grand seigneur, but with a certain something of the actor Gil-Pérès. Quite diplomatic, very ignorant, without taste for things of value, he was full of a "chic" which showed itself in all his sounds, gestures, poses and even the black band of his spectacles. He excelled in the art of paying homage to women who showed themselves attentive to him, like a cat, without good-faith or law. He reinged in Paris over a crowd of personalities from the "grand monde", just as over more dubious people. A prince as well as a prince of fashion, he held the titles of peer of France and compère of the revue.