Anne-Aymone Marie Josèphe Christiane Sauvage de Brantès (born 10 April 1933 in Paris

Paris

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) is the wife of former President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

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.

Biography

Though she bears no noble title, she is a daughter of François Marie Joseph Abel Henri Sauvage, marquis of Brantès, who died in on Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp

Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp

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 on 8 May 1944, and his wife, the former Princess Aymone Marie Sylvie Renée de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny, a great-great-granddaughter of Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry

Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry

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 by his mistress Amy Brown. She also is a great-niece of the Cuban-born French designer and architect José Emilio Terry y Dorticos

Emilio Terry

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 and the sister of Paul Dominique Marie Joseph Sauvage de Brantès, the present Marquis de Brantès.

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