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| La duchesse d’Harcourt. Portrait (c) Carme Arisa. |
Thyra de Zayas, Duchesse d’Harcourt, died on 8 November 2021. She was ninety-one years-old.
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| Alfonso de Zayas. |
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| Juliette d’Harcourt. |
Born on 31 August 1930 at Palma de Mallorca, Maria Teresa “Thyra” de Zayas y d’Harcourt was the daughter of don Alfonso de Zayas y Bobadilla (1896-1970), Marques de Zayas, and his first wife Marie Gabrielle Juliette Vierne d’Harcourt (1900-1977), who wed in 1921. Thyra had five siblings: José Eugenio de Zayas y d’Harcourt (1924-2011), Margarita de Zayas y d’Harcourt, Carlos de Zayas y d’Harcourt, Carmen de Zayas y d’Harcourt, and Luis de Zayas y d’Harcourt.
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The history of the Marqués de Zayas.
Revista Hidalguía número 73. Año 1965, p. 775.
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Thyra’s paternal grandparents were Bartolomé de Zayas y Borrás and María del Pilar Bobadilla y Escrivá de Romaní. Her maternal grandparents were Count Eugène d’Harcourt (1859-1918) and Armande de Pierre de Bernis (1876-?). Thyra’s maternal uncle was Count Bruno d’Harcourt, who married Princess Isabelle d’Orléans.
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| François, Duke of Harcourt. |
On 17 January 1961, Thyra de Zayas married François, 11th Duc d’Harcourt (1902-1997). The couple were third cousins. Their common ancestors were Eugène, 8th Duc d’Harcourt, Duc de Beuvron and Aglaé Terray. François and Thyra did not have children.
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| Thyra, Duchess of Harcourt. Photo (c) Getty Images / Simon Cochard. |
The funeral of the duchesse d’Harcourt took place at l’église de Thury-Harcourt on 13 November 2021, and she was buried in the chapel of the Château d’Harcourt. A mass for the duchesse will be held at the Basilique Saint-Clotilde in Paris on 23 November 2021.
May Thyra Rest in Peace.
