Philippe Boiry
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Philippe Paul Alexander Henry Boiry (born on February 19, 1927) is the current pretender to the throne of the unrecognized Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
. Phillippe became the current pretender after Antoine III abdicated in favor of him in 1951.
in Levallois-Perret
. Philippe is the Mapuche
representative to UN committees on Indigenous population. In 1989 he visited Mapuche
and Techuelche lands for this first time.
Boiry is said to have purchased the title. When he visited Argentina and Chile once, he met with hostility by the local media and cold shoulder by most of the Mapuche organisations.
He has also met Juan Carlos I of Spain
and Baudouin I of Belgium and has pictures of them with him in his house in Chourgnac
. He calls himself a "Republican Monarchic" because he works like the rest of the French people.
, as de Tounens had no children. Philippe has been married twice, first to Jacqueline-Dominique Marquain and then to Elisabeth de Chavigny. Both of them died during their marriages to him. Philippe lives in Paris, but keeps a secondary residence at Chourgnac
in the home of Orélie-Antoine de Tounens. Philippe had no children with either of his wives. Philippe uses his royal titles on his French passport after a court order. He earns about 30,000 francs ($6,000) per month for working at the faculty. The marriage license from his last marriage is signed by a Portugese prince, a Portugese archbishop and Jose Maria de Montells y Galan (a commander of the Order Civil of Alfonso X the Wise).
Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia
The Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia was the name of a state and kingdom created in the 19th century by a French lawyer and adventurer named Orélie-Antoine de Tounens. Orélie-Antoine de Tounens claimed the regions of Araucanía and eastern Patagonia hence the name of kingdom...
. Phillippe became the current pretender after Antoine III abdicated in favor of him in 1951.
Life
Following World War II Philippe was involved with public relations. He founded the first public relations agency in Western Europe and developed the European public relations doctrine. He won the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques prize and the companion of the Palmes Académiques award. In 1980, Philippe founded France's first college of communication scienceCommunication studies
Communication Studies is an academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time. Hence, communication studies encompasses a wide range of topics and contexts ranging from face-to-face conversation to speeches to mass...
in Levallois-Perret
Levallois-Perret
Levallois-Perret is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.-Name:The name Levallois-Perret comes from two housing developments, Champerret and Village Levallois , and which resulted in the incorporation of the...
. Philippe is the Mapuche
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
representative to UN committees on Indigenous population. In 1989 he visited Mapuche
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
and Techuelche lands for this first time.
Boiry is said to have purchased the title. When he visited Argentina and Chile once, he met with hostility by the local media and cold shoulder by most of the Mapuche organisations.
He has also met Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...
and Baudouin I of Belgium and has pictures of them with him in his house in Chourgnac
Chourgnac
Chourgnac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:...
. He calls himself a "Republican Monarchic" because he works like the rest of the French people.
Personal life
Philippe is not descended from Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, the founder of the Kingdom of Araucanía and PatagoniaKingdom of Araucania and Patagonia
The Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia was the name of a state and kingdom created in the 19th century by a French lawyer and adventurer named Orélie-Antoine de Tounens. Orélie-Antoine de Tounens claimed the regions of Araucanía and eastern Patagonia hence the name of kingdom...
, as de Tounens had no children. Philippe has been married twice, first to Jacqueline-Dominique Marquain and then to Elisabeth de Chavigny. Both of them died during their marriages to him. Philippe lives in Paris, but keeps a secondary residence at Chourgnac
Chourgnac
Chourgnac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:...
in the home of Orélie-Antoine de Tounens. Philippe had no children with either of his wives. Philippe uses his royal titles on his French passport after a court order. He earns about 30,000 francs ($6,000) per month for working at the faculty. The marriage license from his last marriage is signed by a Portugese prince, a Portugese archbishop and Jose Maria de Montells y Galan (a commander of the Order Civil of Alfonso X the Wise).