Anne d'Ornano explained

Anne d'Ornano
Office:President of the General council of Calvados
Term Start:1991
Term End:2011
Predecessor:Michel d'Ornano
Successor:Jean-Léonce Dupont
Office2:Mayor of Deauville
Term Start2:1977
Term End2:2001
Predecessor2:Michel d'Ornano
Successor2:Philippe Augier
Birth Name:Anne de Contades
Birth Date:7 December 1936
Birth Place:Paris, France
Nationality:French
Party:UDF
Parents:Arnaud de Contades
Sonia Raoul-Duval
Children:Catherine d'Ornano
Jean-Guillaume d'Ornano

Anne d'Ornano (née de Contades; born 7 December 1936) is a French politician.

Early life

Contades was born on 7 December 1936 in Paris. She is the daughter of the Arnaud de Contades, Marquis de Contades (1907–1975), of the Château de Montgeoffroy in Anjou, France, and Sonia Raoul-Duval, the Marquise de la Rozière (1912–1997), of San Ángel, Mexico.[1] [2]

Her maternal grandparents were the Hon. Mrs. Fanny Lawrence Vernon of Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire, England (a daughter of the 7th Baron Vernon and American heiress Frances Venables-Vernon, Lady Vernon) and French polo player Maurice Raoul-Duval.[3] She was later installed as mayor of Deauville.[4]

Career

She was the President of the General Council of the French department of Calvados.[5] She has been President of the department since 1991. She was a member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) until the UDF dissolved in 2007, and she did not join either of the UDF's claimed successors: the New Centre and the MoDem. Unlike most centrists, she supported Nicolas Sarkozy by the first round of the 2007 election, over UDF candidate François Bayrou. However, she is not a member of Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

Upon the death of her husband, she succeeded as President of the General Council. She also succeeded him as Mayor of Deauville in 1977, a post she held until 2001 when she retired in favour of Philippe Augier.

Personal life

In September 1960, she married Count Michel d'Ornano, the eldest son of Count Guillaume d'Ornano.[3] They were the parents of Catherine d'Ornano and Jean-Guillaume d'Ornano.[6]

Honours

D'Ornano has been awarded the Legion of Honour, and is also a commandeur of the Ordre national du Mérite.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Valynseele . Joseph . Les Say et leurs alliances: l'étonnante aventure d'une famille cévenole . 1971 . l'auteur, 8, rue Cannebière . 127, 139 . 29 March 2023 . fr.
  2. Book: The Royalty, Peerage and Aristocracy of the World . 1967 . Annuaire de France. . 226 . 29 March 2023 . en.
  3. News: Anne de Contades Prospective Bride . 23 March 2023 . . 1 August 1960.
  4. News: Deauville's Countess Enjoys the View . 23 March 2023 . . 30 October 1965.
  5. News: Anne d'Ornano applaudit le SM Caen . La Manche Libre . 20 April 2010 . 19 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100426072047/http://www.lamanchelibre.fr/Anne-d39Ornano-applaudit-le-SM-Caen%2C1.media?f=4699 . 26 April 2010 .
  6. News: Count d'Ornano, 66, Ex-Minister in France . 23 March 2023 . . 9 March 1991.