| Béatrice de Andia | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1933-09-17)17 September 1933 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 16 October 2024(2024-10-16) (aged 91) Azay-le-Rideau, France |
| Nationality | Spanish French |
| Education | Paris Nanterre University Sciences Po |
| Occupation(s) | Writer Curator |
Béatrice de Andia (17 September 1933 – 16 October 2024) was a Spanish-French writer and curator.
Life and career
Born in Madrid on 17 September 1933, de Andia grew up in a family of Spanish and French nationality. She was the daughter of Manuel Gonzalez de Andia y Talleyrand-Périgord, Duke of Dino, and Mercedes de Elio. Her French origins stemmed from her paternal grandmother, a member of the House of Talleyrand-Périgord, a descendant of her five-time great uncle Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. She was raised in an 18th Century country house in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt. She graduated from the Sciences Po and earned a doctorate from Paris Nanterre University in 1974.
De Andia spent the majority of her cultural career in Paris, though she travelled around the world in her Citroën 2CV. She then moved to her castle in Azay-le-Rideau in 1986 and opened the Jardins de la Chatonnière [fr] to the public in 2000. That year, she joined the Commission du Vieux Paris [fr]. In 2006, she founded the Observatoire du patrimoine religieux [fr]. She was also a founding member of the La Revue des vieilles maisons françaises.
De Andia died in Azay-le-Rideau, on 16 October 2024, at the age of 91.
Awards
- Knight of the Legion of Honour (1991)
- Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (1995)
- Prix Berger of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1998)
- Officer of the Legion of Honour (2001)
- Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (2002)
- Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite (2008)
- Dame of the Order of Merit (2010)
References
- ^ "La créatrice des jardins de la Châtonnière Béatrice de Andia est décédée". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 18 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- "L'histoire du château". Le château et les jardins de la Chatonnière (in French). Archived from the original on 1 July 2013.
- Confessions d'un vieux diplomate (in French). Paris: Flammarion. 1953. p. 46–47.
- "Béatrice de Andia". Centre Pompidou (in French). Archived from the original on 4 December 2018.
- "Château de la Chatonnière (37)". La demeure histoire (in French). Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
- "Béatrice Gonzalez de Andia". Académie des Beaux-Arts (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2022.
- "Dossiers thématiques". Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux (in French). Archived from the original on 2 May 2013.
- Aumonier, Laure (22 September 2006). "PORTRAIT. Béatrice de Andia au secours du patrimoine religieux". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- "J.O n° 107 du 8 mai 2007" (PDF). france-phaleristique.com (in French).
- Turcan, Robert (1998). "Palmarès des prix et récompenses en 1998". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (in French). Retrieved 22 October 2024.