Marie Say

French heiress and socialite

Marie Say

Born	25 August 1857 Verrières-le-Buisson, Essonne, France
Died	15 July 1943 (1943-07-16) (aged 85) Paris, France
Occupation	Aristocrat
Title	Princess de Broglie Señora de Orléans
Spouse(s)	Henri Amédée de Broglie Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón
Children	Albert, Antoinette, Jacques, Robert and Marguerite de Broglie
Parent(s)	Constant André Say Jeanne Marie Emilie Wey
Relatives	Louis Auguste Say (paternal grandfather)

Marie Say (1857–1943) was a French heiress and socialite.

Early life

Marie Say was born on 25 August 1857 in Verrières-le-Buisson near Paris. Her paternal grandfather, Louis Auguste Say, was the founder of the Say sugar company (now a subsidiary of Tereos). Her father, Constant André Say, ran the family business, which sold sugar made from beetroot.^[1] Her granduncle, Jean-Baptiste Say, was an economist and formulator of Say's law.

Her sister, Jeanne (1848–1916), married Roland, Marquis de Cossé-Brissac (1843–1871), and her brother, Henry (1855–1899), succeeded his father at the Say refinery.

Adult life

Say purchased the château de Chaumont with her inheritance in 1875, at the age of seventeen.^[2]^[3] Shortly after, she married Prince Amédée de Broglie,^[1] at the Eglise de la Madeleine in Paris.^[1] They had five children (Albert, Antoinette, Jacques, Robert and Marguerite) together.

Say became known as Princess Amédée de Broglie.^[3] The couple entertained George V, Isabella II of Spain and the Shah of Iran as guests,^[1] receiving the gift of an elephant from another guest, Jagatjit Singh.^[1] The couple organized performances by the Paris Opera and the Comédie-Française for their guests.^[1] They also resided at the Hôtel de Broglie, an hôtel particulier in Paris.^[3]

Say was widowed in 1917.^[3] In London on 19 September 1930 she non-dynastically married the former Spanish infante, Prince Luís Fernando de Orleans y Borbón, he being then 41 years old and she 72 years old.^[4] According to Pierre de Cossé, Duc de Brissac, her second husband spent the vast majority of her fortune.^[3]

Death

Say died on 15 July 1943 in Paris.^[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Marie Say

8. Jean Étienne Say

4. Louis Auguste Say

9. Françoise Brun de Castanet

2. Constant André Say

10. Charles Isidore Maressal

5. Constance Maressal

11. Marie Opportune Homassel

1. Marie Say

12. Jean Baptiste Wey

6. Julien Wey

13. Marie Françoise Foucherot

3. Jeanne Marie Emilie Wey

14. Jean Pierre Glady

7. Eugènie Françoise Elisabeth Glady

15. Caroline Françoise Steinheil

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Le Tigre, Olivier (May 25, 2008). "25 mai 1908 : Marie Say, le sacre de la princesse du sucre". Le Monde. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^ "LE CHÂTEAU DE CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE". Domaine Chaumont. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e de Cossé Brissac, Pierre (1974). La suite des temps: (1939–1958). Paris, France: Grasset. ISBN 9782246798514. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser VIII. "Spanien". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1968, pp. 213–214. (German), (French). ISBN 978-3-7980-0849-6.