Prince Aymon de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny

"Prince" Aymon-Jean-Baptiste-Marie de Faucigny-Lucinge was one of the last French princes. He was born in 1862 to Louis Charles Rodolphe de Faucigny-Lucinge and Amanda de Mailly.

Aymon's title of "Prince" was semi-official as he was from an aristocratic family in Savoy which had ties to the old royalty and was used as a rank.

Aymon Jean-Baptiste Marie de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny est né le 30 mai 1862, 17 rue de la Madeleine à Paris (8ème arrondissement). Il est le fils de Louis Charles Rodolphe de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny, prince de Lucinge et Cystria et du Saint-Empire Romain, et de Henriette Victorine Marie Amanda de Mailly, 29 ans[1].

Il a épousé Carolyn Foster, veuve Stickney, le 2 juillet 1913 à Londres

Source: http://www.thepeerage.com/p8693.htm

Acte de naissance: Acte #724, Naissances 1862 Paris VIIIème, Archives de Paris en ligne cote V4E 881 (vue 12), consulté le 12 décembre 2017 ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26Z9-33P : 22 May 2014), Carolyn Foster Stickney and null, 1913; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1913, quarter 3, vol. 1A, p. 1225, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

He served with distinction in the United States army in World War I and achieved the Medal of Honor from the President and the rank of Captain:

Source:

http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=18548

Pictures of his medals:

http://gmic.co.uk/topic/70376-capitaine-aymon-de-faucigny-lucinge-e...