SAGAN

The Duchy of Sagan was created in 1274 when it was split of from the Silesian Duchy of Glogau. It was ruled by members of the Polish Piast dynasty until it was sold in 1472 to Albrecht Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen and ruler of Friesland (1443-1500). Sagan was taken back by the German Emperor as King of Bohemia overlord of Silesia and given to as fief to several individuals, until in 1646 Wenzel Eusebius Fürst v. Lobkowicz received the Duchy. It stayed in his family till it was sold in 1786 to Peter Biron, the last sovereign Duke of Koerland. Three of his daughters succeeded as Duchesses of Sagan. The youngest Dorothea became in 1842 4.Herzogin v. Sagan. The status of Sagan was changed to Preußische Thronlehen Fürstentum Sagan in 1844. Apart from Sagan there were three more of these Thronlehens: Oels, ruled by members of the Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel family until they died out and Oels returned to the Prussian crown, after which in 1905 it was made the fief of the Prussian Crownprince; Troppau-Jägerndorf of the Princes of Liechtenstein and finally Krotoschin of the Fürst v. Thurn und Taxis. Dorothy Biron was married to Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, 2.Duc de Talleyrand, 2.Duca di Dino, and Sagan was inherited by this French family. After the fall of the monarchy, the Fürstentum Sagan was transformed in 1923 in the Herrschaft Waldgut Sagan. The Last Duke Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, 9.Herzog v. Sagan, 4.Duc de Valençay, 6.Duc de Talleyrand, 6.Duca di Dino, was expropriated in 1945 when Silesia became Polish (again), but received a financial compensation from the Polish government in 1948.
The family Pourtalès descends from Pierre Pourtalès who was mentioned in 1461. His descendant Jérémie Pourtalès (1701-1784) was ennobled in Prussia. His son Jacques Louis v. Pourtalès (1722-1814) was created a Bohemian Ritter on 1-8-1811. His son Friedrich had already been elevated to the rank of comte de l'empire on 31-12-1809. The title of count was confirmed for him and his two brothers in Prussia on 10-5-1814.

1. Paul Hélie Comte de Pourtalès de Talleyrand-Périgord * Annecy 9-4-1999

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2. Charles Hélie Comte de Pourtalès de Talleyrand-Périgord * Frankfurt am Main 5-2-1963
x Le Grand Bornand 9-5-1998
3. Lila Ould’Amer * Algiers 5-3-1967

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4. Hélie Albert Gérard Comte de Pourtalès de Talleyrand-Périgord, tit. 11.Herzog v. Sagan * Neuilly-sur-Seine 25-11-1938; op château Bandeville
xI Parijs 28-4-1962 (gescheiden 13-12-1974)
5. Marie Dalité Matossian * Lausanne 17-10-1937
6. Chabane Ould’Amer * ...; Architect
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8. James Robert Comte de Pourtalès * Houlgate 19-7-1911 + Rio de Janeiro 28-4-1996; of château Bandeville
xI Plessis-Mornay 29-5-1937 (divorced Parijs 29-1-1969)
9. Hélène Violette de Talleyrand-Périgord, tit. 10.Herzogin v. Sagan * Parijs 18-2-1915 + Parijs ..-3-2003; of château du Marais; Sister of Howard de Talleyrand-Périgord, 8.Herzog v. Sagan * château du Marais 16-9-1909 + Parijs 27-5-1929 (suicide) and niece of Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, since 1929 9.Herzog v. Sagan, 4.Duc de Valençay, 6.Duc de Talleyrand, 6.Duca di Dino * Parijs 20-7-1867 + Valençay 9-5-1952
10. Tigrane Garabed Matossian * ca. 1900
x Tonbridge 1/3-1932
11. Joséphine De Hern Arscott Routch * Tonbridge 1/3-1912
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16. Arthur Robert Comte de Pourtalès * Parijs 30-10-1874 + Bandeville 26-8-1942
x Parijs 25-6-1906
17. Maria Elisabeth (Mélanie) van Ryck van Rietwyk * Parijs 18-3-1887 + Parijs 17-1-1917
18. Marie Pierre Camille Louis Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, 5.Duc de Talleyrand, 7.Herzog v. Sagan (relinquished in favor of his son), since 10-7-1912 5.Duca di Dino * Mello, Oise 23-8-1859 + Parijs 25-10-1937
x Londen 7-7-1908
19. Anna Gould * New York 5-6-1878 + Neuilly-sur-Seine 30-11-1961; of château du Marais (since 1906); xI New York 4-3-1895 (divorced Parijs 14-11-1906) Boniface Marquis de Castellane * Parijs 14-2-1867 + Parijs 12-12-1932
20. Garabed Bey Matossian * Tokat ..-12-1863; Moved in 1881 to Egypt, opened in 1886 a tobacco workshop in Cairo, tobacco manufacturer (Tabacs et Cigarettes Matossian, merged in 1927 with British American Tobacco), financed in 1925 the construction of Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin (Armenian Catholic Patriarchate) at 36, Sharia Sabri Abu 'Alam, near the Midan Tal'at Harb in Cairo
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22. Frederick Augustus Routch * Buenos Aires 1868; Physician and surgeon in Tunbridge Wells 1901 and 1911; xI Tunbridge Wells 28-5-1899 Gertrude Emma Donaldson * Tunbridge Wells 1865 + Tonbridge 10/12-1907
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23. Dorothy Henrietta Arscott * Plymouth 7/9-1881 + Tonbridge 1962
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32. Jacques Albert Comte de Pourtalès * Parijs 27-3-1847 + Bandeville 16-10-1934
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33. Henriette Joly de Bammeville * Parijs 29-4-1851 + Parijs 21-7-1933
34. Willem Jacob Hendrik van Ryck van Rietwyk * Batavia 28-10-1827 + Nice 8-1-1898
xII kasteel Geldrop 12-11-1884
35. Clara Hoevenaar van Geldrop * Tegal 10-11-1848 + 1-5-1932
36. Charles Guillaume Frédéric Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4.Duc de Talleyrand, 6.Herzog v. Sagan, Duc de Valençay * Parijs 16-5-1832 + Parijs 21-2-1910
x Parijs 2-9-1858
37. Anne Alexandrine Jeanne Marguérite Seillière * Parijs 20-4-1839 + Loches 12-10-1905
38. Jason (Jay) Gould * Roxbury, New York 27-5-1836 + 2-12-1892
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39. Helen Day Miller * New York 20-9-1838 + New York 13-1-1889
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46. William Arscott * Tedburn St Mary, Devonshire 1850; Farmer in Sampford Courtenay, Devon 1891, 1901
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64. Jacques Robert Comte de Pourtalès * Parijs 15-4-1821 + Bandeville 3-9-1874; Zn van James Alexander Comte de P. en Anna de Palézieux-Falconnet
x Parijs 27-6-1846
65. Anne Hagermann * Parijs 26-1-1825 + Bandeville 12-10-1898; Dr van Jonas H. en Célestine Frat
66. Arthur Joly de Bammeville * Saint-Quentin 21-8-1820 + Versailles 15-2-1892; Zn van Jules J. de B. en Constance Clémence Pouchet
xI Parijs 5-1-1850
67. Sophie Louise Françoise Coulomb * Parijs 29-4-1830 + Parijs 15-6-1851; Dr van Émile C. en Henriette Françoise Lefebvre
68. Gerardus Carolus van Ryck, heer van Rietwyk * Pasoeroean 11-7-1778 + 26-2-1858; Zn van Adriaan van R. en Susanna Ernestein
x Batavia 11-5-1817
69. Elisabeth Lucia Smissaert * Amsterdam 15-3-1800 + Batavia 27-6-1880; Dr van Marinus Adrianus Perpetuus S. en Maria Feitama
70. Hubertus Paulus Hoevenaar, heer van Geldrop * Amsterdam 16-3-1814 + kasteel Geldrop ..-2-1886; Zn van Hubertus Paulus H. en Arnoudina Ringeling
x Tegal, Java 5-12-1844
71. Jkvr. Anna Maria Marciane Catharina Holmberg de Beckfelt * Rembang, Java 12-1-1823 + Den Haag 7-2-1905; Dr van Jhr. Otto Carel H. de B. en Henriette Marie Claire Smissaert
72. Napoléon Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord, 3.Duc de Talleyrand, 5.Herzog v. Sagan, Duc de Valençay * Parijs 12-3-1811 + Berlijn 21-3-1898; Zn van Edmond de T.-P., 2.Duc de Talleyrand, 2.Duca di Dino, en Dorothea Gräfin Biron Prinses van Koerland, 4.Herzogin v. Sagan
xI Parijs 26-2-1829
73. Alix de Montmorency * Parijs 13-10-1810 + Parijs 13-9-1858; op château de Montflaux; Dr van Anne Charles François Duc de M. en Caroline de Goyon de Matignon
74. Achille 2.Baron Seillière * Parijs 26-2-1813 + Parijs 14-5-1873; op château de Mello, banker; Zn van François Alexandre 1.Baron S. en Camille Sophie Gibert
x 29-3-1838
75. Camille Zora Seillière * Parijs 20-2-1821 + Parijs 4-5-1866; Dr van Nicolas S. en Jeanne Eugénie Borderès
76. John Burr Gould * 12-10-1792 + Roxbury, New York 17-3-1862; Zn van Abraham G. en Anna Osborne
x 5-4-1827
77. Mary More * 20-1-1798 + Roxbury 12-1-1841; Dr van Alexander Taylor M. en Nancy Hartley
78. Daniel Stratton Miller* Greenville, New York 26-8-1798 + New York 9-4-1878; Zn van Daniel M. en Betsey Jones
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79. Ann Kip Bailey * New York 25-12-1808 + New York 9-1-1890; Dr van John Henry B. en Elizabeth Ann Kip
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Sources:
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
Erbe, Günther - Dorothea Herzogin von Sagan (1793-1862): eine deutsch-französische Karriere. Böhlau Verlag Köln, 2009