Duc de Magenta
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MacMahon
-People:*Aline MacMahon, an American actress*Bernard MacMahon, an Irish bishop*Brian MacMahon, a British-American epidemiologist*Bryan MacMahon, a Judge of the Irish Circuit Court*Hugh MacMahon, an Irish bishop...
, an Irish
Irish people
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doctor born in Limerick
Limerick
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, was naturalised in France
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in 1749 and married Charlotte Le Belin, Dame d'Eguilly, on 13 April 1750. The same year he was created Marquis d'Eguilly by King Louis XV. His son, the second Marquis, served in the American War of Independence and was a founding member of the Society of the Cincinnati
Society of the Cincinnati
The Society of the Cincinnati is a historical organization with branches in the United States and France founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the American Revolutionary War officers and to pressure the government to honor pledges it had made to officers who fought for American...
. A grandson of the first Marquis, Patrice de MacMahon, served with distinction as a general in the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
and later in the Austro-Sardinian War, winning the Battle of Magenta
Battle of Magenta
The Battle of Magenta was fought on June 4, 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence, resulting in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai....
on 4 June 1859. The following day he was created Duc de Magenta by the Emperor Napoleon III. The marquesal title held by the senior line of the family was inherited by the younger, ducal line in 1894 and both titles still remain extant.
Marquises of Eguilly (1750)
- Jean Baptiste MacMahon, 1st Marquis de MacMahon (1715-1775)
- Charles Laure MacMahon, 2nd Marquis de MacMahon (1752-1830)
- Charles Marie MacMahon, 3rd Marquis de MacMahon (1793-1845)
- Charles Henri MacMahon, 4th Marquis de MacMahon (1828-1863)
- Charles Marie MacMahon, 5th Marquis de MacMahon (1856-1894)
- Marie Armand Patrice MacMahon, 6th Marquis de MacMahon (1855-1927); he had previously succeeded as 2nd Duc de Magenta (see below)
Dukes of Magenta (1859)
- Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, 1st Duc de MagentaPatrice MacMahon, duc de MagentaMarie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, 1st Duke of Magenta was a French general and politician with the distinction Marshal of France. He served as Chief of State of France from 1873 to 1875 and as the first president of the Third Republic, from 1875 to 1879.-Early life:Born in Sully , in the...
(1808-1893) - Marie Armand Patrice de MacMahon, 2nd Duc de Magenta, 6th Marquis de MacMahon (1855-1927)
- Maurice Jean Marie de MacMahon, 3rd Duc de Magenta, 7th Marquis de MacMahon (1903-1954)
- Philippe Maurice Marie de MacMahon, 4th Duc de Magenta, 8th Marquis de MacMahon (1938-2002)
- Maurice Marie Patrick Bacchus Humphrey de MacMahon, 5th Duc de Magenta, 9th Marquis de MacMahon (born 1992)
Sources
- http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/magenta.html
- http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo
See also
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, a racehorse - Conte di Magenta, an Italian noble title
- Ed McMahonEd McMahonEdward Peter "Ed" McMahon, Jr. was an American comedian, game show host and announcer. He is most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's sidekick and announcer on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992. He also hosted the original version of the talent show Star Search from 1983 to 1995...
- American entertainer & Marine Corps AviatorUnited States Marine Corps AviationUnited States Marine Corps Aviation is the air component of the United States Marine Corps. Marine aviation has a very different mission and operation than its ground counterpart, and thus, has many of its own histories, traditions, terms, and procedures....