Anne_d'Ornano
Anne d'Ornano (née de Contades; born 7 December 1936) is a French politician.
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Anne d'Ornano | |
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 Anne d'Ornano, Deauville, 1990 | |
| President of the General council of Calvados | |
| In office 1991–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Michel d'Ornano |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Léonce Dupont |
| Mayor of Deauville | |
| In office 1977–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Michel d'Ornano |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Augier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anne de Contades (1936-12-07) 7 December 1936 (age 87) Paris, France |
| Political party | UDF |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Catherine d'Ornano Jean-Guillaume d'Ornano |
| Parent(s) | Arnaud de Contades Sonia Raoul-Duval |
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]
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.
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.
- Valynseele, Joseph (1971). Les Say et leurs alliances: l'étonnante aventure d'une famille cévenole (in French). l'auteur, 8, rue Cannebière. pp. 127, 139. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- The Royalty, Peerage and Aristocracy of the World. Annuaire de France. 1967. p. 226. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- "Anne de Contades Prospective Bride". The New York Times. 1 August 1960. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- "Deauville's Countess Enjoys the View". The New York Times. 30 October 1965. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- "Anne d'Ornano applaudit le SM Caen". La Manche Libre. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- "Count d'Ornano, 66, Ex-Minister in France". The New York Times. 9 March 1991. Retrieved 23 March 2023.