Louise Radziwill Chapel, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
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Louise Radziwill Chapel

Père-Lachaise Cemetery
ID: NGR-019349-P/194129

Louise Radziwill Chapel

Large chapel. Inscription above the entrance.

Inscription:

FAMILLE BLANC //.

Tombstone location:

Sector number 56 Tomb number 192

Dimensions:

400 x 350 x 359 cm

Materials:

sandstone

Additional information:

concession no: 320 701

concession number determined on the basis of burial records

location: div. 56, rz. 1 from div. 68, gr. 1 from div. 57 (corner)

Louise Antoinette Sophie Marie Radziwiłł, née Blanc, born on 21 November 1854 in Paris, daughter of François Blanc (1806-1877) and Marie Charlotte Hensel (1833-1881). Wife of Konstanty Wincenty Maria Radziwiłł (1850-1920), whom she married on 29 March 1876 in Paris. She died in Paris on 14 February 1911, at the age of 56. From this marriage she had two children: Louise Adèle Françoise Marie Constance Barbe Marcelline Radziwiłł (1877-1942), wife of Armand François Jules Marie de La Rochefoucauld, and Léon Konstantin Nicolas Matthias Louis François Marie Radziwiłł (1880-1927).

Hourglass: 'Louise Antoinette Sophie Marie Blanc princesse Constantin Radziwill, died 15 February 1911 bearing the sacraments of the Church at her Hôtel Place d'Iéna 5 in the 55th year of her age, funeral service 18 tm. at the parish church of Saint-Pierre de Chaillot, signed: Rev. Constantin Radziwill her husband, Rev. Leon Radziwill her son, duc de Doudeauville, son-in-law, Sosthénes and Armand Rochefoucauld her grandsons, Edmond Blanc, her brother, S.A. le Prince Roland Bonaparte, Rev. Dominique Radziwill brother-in-law. After the service the coffin deposited in the crypt of the church."

State of preservation:

bad

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

chapel lacking any inscriptions, demolished

Bibliography:

  • „Russkij Nekropol”, 1915, s. 73
  • portal Geneanet, https://www.geneanet.org/
  • Górzyński Sławomir, „Ermenonville, Rousseau i Radziwiłłowie”, w: „Studia z dziejów Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego (XVI-XVIII wieku)”, red. Sławomir Górzyński i Mirosław Nagielski, Warszawa 2014, s. 153-168

Supplementary bibliography:

Archives de Paris, AM Paris 1er, no. 209, 1876.

Date of documentation:

2025

Publication:

09.10.2025

Last updated:

09.10.2025

Author of the documentation sheet:

prof. Sławomir Górzyński
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A large chapel with an inscription above the entrance, surrounded by trees and other mausoleums. Photo showing Louise Radziwill Chapel Gallery of the object +1
Louise Radziwill Chapel, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.
Large chapel with inscription above the entrance. Structure surrounded by trees and other tombs. Photo showing Louise Radziwill Chapel Gallery of the object +1
Louise Radziwill Chapel, Père-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (France), photo prof. Sławomir Górzyński, 2025 r.

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