Talk:Auguste Marie Raymond d'Arenberg

Who was the old Count de la Marck
The text says "The Cunot de la Marck, the last of his name, and the father-in-law of the Duke d'Arenberg".

The Duke of d'Arenberg was at the time of the sentence was Auguste's grandfather Leopold Philippe d'Arenberg (1690–1754) his father was Philippe Charles d'Arenberg(1663 - 1691) (Auguste's greatgrandfather). Philippe Charles "Married Maria Enrichetta, the daughter of Othon Henri del Caretto, Marquis of Savona (1629-1685) in Brussels on February 12, 1684."(his wikipedia page). So on the death of Othon Henri the title of "Compte de la Marck" passed to his grandson Leopold Philippe and on his death it was passed to Auguste. Trouble is that I must have misunderstood as Othon Henri was long since dead by 1750 and could not have arranged anything.

If the Duke of d'Arenberg mentioned in the sentence was Charles Marie Raymond of Arenberg. His father was Leopold Philippe d'Arenberg. Leopold married Marie-Françoise Pignatelli, princess of Bisaccia and countess d'Egmont. She was the daughter of Nicolas PIGNATELLI, duc de Bisaccia et de Marie-Claire-Angélique d’EGMONT. [http://home.scarlet.be/~ab123800/Baillis.html Réf. : Nobilaire des Pays-Bas et du comte de Bourgogne par Vergiano – Tome III p. 1232] Therefor the Old Count de la Marck would have been Nicolas PIGNATELLI.

--PBS (talk) 10:41, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I found a source Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti Mirabeau (comte de), Auguste Marie Raymond Arenberg (prince d', comte de La Marck), Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt. Correspondance entre le comte de Mirabeau et le comte de La Marck: pendant les années 1789, 1790 et 1791 voume 1, V. Le Normant, 1851 p. 280 which in translation says:

So the solution was a little different from my understanding of the original source! Just as well I checked. --PBS (talk) 18:23, 31 July 2009 (UTC)