Personal life Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

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1 personal life

1.1 family
1.2 possession of estaing castle
1.3 questions 2009 novel





personal life

giscard s name shortened vge french media. less flattering nickname l ex (the ex), used weekly satirical newspaper le canard enchaîné.


family

on 17 december 1952, giscard married cousin anne-aymone sauvage de brantes, daughter of count françois sauvage de brantes, had died in concentration camp in 1944, , wife, former princess aymone de faucigny-lucinge. children are: valérie-anne, henri (edmond marie valéry), louis (joachim marie françois) , jacinte (marguerite marie). louis french conservative representative; henri president of tourism company club méditerranée.


giscard s private life source of many rumors @ both national , international level. family did not live in presidential Élysée palace, , independent reported on affairs women. in 1974, le monde reported used leave sealed letter stating whereabouts in case of emergency.


he uncle of artist aurore giscard d estaing, formerly married american actor timothy hutton.


possession of estaing castle

in 2005 , brother bought castle of estaing, famous place in french district of aveyron , formerly possession of above-mentioned admiral d estaing beheaded in 1794. castle not used residence has symbolic value. 2 brothers explained purchase, supported local municipality, act of patronage. however, number of major newspapers in several countries questioned motives , hinted @ self-appointed nobility , usurped historical identity.


questions 2009 novel

giscard wrote second romantic novel, published on 1 october 2009 in france, entitled princess , president. tells story of french head of state having romantic liaison character called patricia, princess of cardiff. fuelled rumours piece of fiction based on real-life liaison between giscard , diana, princess of wales. later stressed story entirely made , no such affair had happened.








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