Paul Ernest Boniface
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Paul Ernest Boniface (February 14, 1867 – October 20, 1932) was the the Comte de Castellane.
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[edit] Name
There are many variations of his name, all these are taken directly from news reports:
- Paul Ernest Boniface de Castellane
- Paul Ernest Boniface, Comte de Castellane
- Count Boniface de Castellane
- Le Comte Boni de Castellane
[edit] First marriage
He married Anna Gould (1875-1961), the daughter of Jay Gould, the robber baron, on March 14, 1895 in Manhattan. They had the following children:
- Antoine Boniface de Castellane (1896-1946) who married Yvonne Patenotre
- Georges Paul Ernest Boniface de Castellane (1897-1944) who married Florinda Fernandez y Anchorena (1901-?).
[edit] Divorce
Time magazine wrote on April 13, 1925:
Probably not since Henry VIII tried in vain to get an annulment of his marriage with Catherine of Aragon has a matrimonial case been so long in the courts of the Roman Catholic Church as that on which nine Cardinals have just handed down a final decision. The male in this case is the son of one of France's most historic houses − Le Comte Boni de Castellane. The female is the daughter of a United States stockbroker, the late Jay Gould − the present Anna, Marquise de Talleyrand Perigord, Duchesse de Sagan. On March 14, 1895, Anna became La Comtesse de Castellane by a marriage solemnized in Manhattan by the late Archbishop Corrigan. After three children were born, La Comtesse obtained a civil divorce from Le Comte on grounds of infidelity. In 1908, she married Le Marquis de Talleyrand Perigord, Duc de Sagan. Thereupon, Le Comte asked the Vatican to annul the marriage, apparently that he might be free to marry again, within the Church.
- Trial I. The Roman Rota upheld the marriage in 1911. Le Comte appealed.
- Trial II. Anna refused to be represented at this trial. The marriage was declared void. Anna appealed.
- Trial III. The marriage was declared valid. Le Comte appealed from the Rota to Pope Benedict XV.
- Trial IV. The case was laid before a Commission of the Apostolic Signatura − the supreme tribunal of the Church. Six cardinals composed the commission. They held the marriage valid. Le Comte appealed to Pope Pius XI.
- Trial V. The Commission declared the marriage invalid. Anna appealed to the Pope who, to settle it once and forever, assigned three extra cardinals to the commission.
- Trial VI was before Cardinals De Lai (Italian), Pompilj (Italian), Van Rossum (Dutch), Sbaretti (Italian), Silj (Italian), Bisleti (Italian), Sincere (Italian), Lega (Italian), Mori (Italian). The marriage was held valid. Formal proclamation will soon be issued.
[edit] Residences
- 1895 rue de Constantine, Paris, VII
- 1895-1902 Hôtel particulier 9 avenue Bosquet, Paris, VII
- 1902-1906 Palais Rose de l'avenue Foch|Palais Rose, Paris, XVI
- 1906 27 rue de Constantine, Paris, VII
- 1906-1914 2 place du Palais-Bourbon, Paris, VII
- 1914-1918 Hôtel Ritz, place Vendôme, Paris, I
- 1918-1921 Hôtel particulier 71 rue de Lille, Paris, VII
- 1921-1932 Avenue Victor-Emmanuel III, Paris
