Named for its Belgian "château de Chimay", his family was noted for its patronage of music and the arts.
"Both were wounded simultaneously, Clemenceau receiving a gash in the right arm and the Prince a slight scratch on the shoulder.
[8] In 1935, only his collection of art and historic documents and one wing of his château (which housed a theatre created by Madame Tallien, wife of the 16th Prince de Chimay) were saved when a fire burned the castle.
[10] Together, they were the parents of two children: They were divorced on 19 January 1897, after Clara's widely publicized elopement with a gypsy violinist, Janos Rigo.
[12] By a second marriage to Anne Marie Charlotte Amélie Gilone Le Veneur de Tillières (1889–1962) on 24 June 1920, he had two more children:[citation needed] The Prince de Chimay died on 25 July 1937 in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium.