Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay
Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet et de Caraman, 19th Prince de Chimay (4 July 1858 – 25 July 1937), known as Joseph de Caraman-Chimay, the younger, was a Belgian aristocrat and fencer. He was titled "Prince de Chimay" from 1858 until his death in 1937. Early life. He was born to Joseph de Riquet, Prince de Chimay and Prince de Caraman (of Belgium), and Marie Joséphine Anatole de Montesquiou-Fézensac. Named for its Belgian "château de Chimay", his family was noted for its patronage of music and the arts. One of his sisters was  Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the Countess . Career. The Prince de Chimay was a competitor in the individual épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Personal life. On 19 May 1890 he married Clara Ward, a sixteen-year-old American heiress. They were divorced on 19 January 1897, after Clara's widely publicized elopement with a gypsy violinist. By a second marriage to Anne Marie Charlotte Amélie Gilone Le Veneur de Tillières (1889–1962) on 24 June 1920, he had two more children: The Prince de Chimay died on 25 July 1937 in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium. Joseph, Prince de Caraman