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Louis Jacques Balsan (September 16, 1868 – November 4, 1956) was a French aviator and industrialist, born at Châteauroux (Indre) in 1868, who was the second husband of society beauty Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough.
Consuelo's second wedding, on 4 July 1921, was to Lt. Col. Jacques Balsan, a record-breaking pioneer French balloon, aircraft, and hydroplane pilot who once worked with the Wright Brothers. Also a textile manufacturing heir, Balsan was the younger brother of Étienne Balsan, an early lover of Coco Chanel. [44]
Jacques Balsan and Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (formerly the Duchess of Marlborough) in Saint-Georges-Motel.. In the middle of the 13th century, an old château belonging to Aimery de Muzy is mentioned in St. Georges-Motel that served as a residence for Eudes II Rigaud, the Archbishop of Rouen from 1247 to 1276. [1]
Jacques Balsan and Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (formerly the Duchess of Marlborough) in Saint-Georges-Motel.. The early 17th-century Château Saint-Georges-Motel, is a 10,000-square-foot castle surrounded by a moat on a 235-acre property that includes eighteen outbuildings.
The event was supervised by the Aéro-Club de France, and attracted several leading French aviators, including Hubert Latham, Henri Rougier, Jacques Balsan, Hubert Le Blon, Mme. Raymonde de Laroche, and Belgian Arthur Duray.
This is a list of recipients of the Balzan Prize, one of the world's most prestigious academic awards.The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the humanities, natural sciences, culture, and peace on an international level.
Étienne Balsan (1878–1953), French socialite Humbert Balsan (1954–2005), French film producer Jacques Balsan (1868–1956), French aviator and industrialist
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