19th century portrait of the Prince de la MoskowaPhotographic portrait of "Napoléon Edgar Ney, prince de la Moskowa, en tenue de vénerie" by Gustave Le Gray
Edgar Napoléon Henry Ney, 3rd Prince de la Moskowa (12 April 1812 – 4 October 1882) was a French general and politician.
Early life
Edgar Napoléon Henry Ney was born in Paris on 12 April 1812.[1] He was the fourth, and youngest, son of Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, and Aglaé Auguié (1782–1854). His elder brothers were Napoléon Joseph Ney, Michel Louis Félix, 2nd Duc d'Elchingen,[a] and Eugène Michel Ney (who died unmarried in 1845).[2]
He was educated at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. A soldier, he was made chief of squadron in December 1848,, General of Brigade in 1856 and General of Division in 1863.[6]
On 16 January 1869, Prince de la Moskowa married Clotilde Joséphine Gabrielle de La Rochelambert (1829–1884) in Paris. The widow of Count Georges Huchet de La Bédoyère (with whom she had three children),[8] she was a daughter of Senator Henri de La Rochelambert.[9] Their marriage was childless. "Prince Edard de la Moskowa was a good-looking, unaffected man, on the most intimate terms with the Emporer, who invariably 'thee'd' and 'thou'd' him, and addressed him by his Christian name."[10]
Prince de la Moskowa died in Paris on 4 October 1882.[11] As he died without issue, the title of Prince de la Moskowa reverted to the descendants of his elder brother, Michel Louis Félix, who had inherited their father's earlier title, Duc d'Elchingen. His widow died in Paris in 1884.[9]
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Notes
^His elder brother, Michel Louis Félix, 2nd Duc d'Elchingen (1804–1854), married Marie-Joséphine Souham, a daughter of Joseph Souham, before he died 14 July 1854 at Gallipoli during the Crimean War.
