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Aumale ( [o.mal], Arabic: أومال Awmāl) is a former French département in Algeria. It existed from 17 March 1958 to 7 November 1959. It was named after the town of Sour El-Ghozlane, which at the time was called Aumale, after Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale .
Le département d’Aumale fut un département français d’Algérie entre 1958 et 1959. Considérée depuis le 4 mars 1848 comme partie intégrante du territoire français, l'Algérie fut organisée administrativement de la même manière que la métropole.
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Born at the Palais Royal in Paris, the young Henri was brought up by his parents in relative simplicity. At the age of eight, he inherited a fortune of 66 million livres (approximately £200 million today), the lands and wealth of his godfather, Louis Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, the last Prince of Condé. This inheritance included the famous C...
On 25 November 1844, aged 22, Aumale married in Naples Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies, a daughter of Leopold of the Two Sicilies, Prince of Salerno, and Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria. The couple had several children, of whom two reached adulthood, but still predeceased him: 1. Louis Philippe Marie Léopold d'Orléans, Prince of...
Aumale distinguished himself during the French invasion of Algeria and, in 1847, he became lieutenant-general and was appointed Governor-General of Algeria, a position he held from 27 September 1847 to 24 February 1848. In this capacity, he received the submission of the emir Abdel Kadir, in December 1847. After the Revolution of 1848, he retired t...
Aumale was a notable collector of antique books and manuscripts and owned the important medieval Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. Most of his collection is still at Chantilly.
Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale, died in Lo Zucco, Sicily. After the fire of the Bazar de la Charité on 4 May 1897, which killed 126 people, mostly aristocratic women, he wanted to send his condolences to the families of the victims. After writing twenty letters, he suffered a cardiac arrest and died. He was buried in Dreux, in the chapel of the Orlé...
1842: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour22 March 1842: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold6 September 1845: Knight of the Golden Fleece1864: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House OrderThe duke of Aumale did not have a personal coat of arms, so used the traditional arms of the House of Orléans, consisting of: 1. Blazon :Azure, three fleurs de lys or, a label argent 2. Coronet : of a fils de France 3. Supporters :two angels 4. Personal motto (after 1871) : J'attendrai(I'll be waiting)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Prinet, Léon Jacques Maxime (1911). "Aumale, Henri Eugène Philippe Louis d'Orléans, Duc d'". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Enc...
Biography on 19ème Siècle site[permanent dead link](in French)Académie françaiseWebsiteAumale (French pronunciation:), formerly known as Albemarle, is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. It lies on the River Bresle.
Aumale ([o.mal], Arabic: أومال Awmāl) is a former French département in Algeria. It existed from 17 March 1958 to 7 November 1959. It was named after the town of Sour El-Ghozlane, which at the time was called Aumale, after Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale.
La ville d’Aumale est située à 124 kilomètres d’Alger sur le versant Nord du djebel Dirak au milieu d’un vaste plateau à 850 mètres d’élévation. Elle est érigée sur un site ou se sont succédés Auzia, ville romaine importante et un poste fortifié turc nommé Sour El Ghozlan (La muraille des gazelles).
Feb 3, 2024 · He distinguished himself with his bravery during the war in Algeria, becoming a Chevalier in the Legion of Honour. The Duke d’Aumale inherited a number of famous properties from Condé including the Chateau of Chantilly. At 22 he married his first cousin, Princess Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
