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Clara Ward (June 17, 1873 – December 9, 1916) was a wealthy American socialite who married a prince from Belgium.
She came to the public´s attention in 1889 or early 1890 when it was announced that the distinguished Belgian visitor to the United States, Marie Joseph Anatole Pierre Alphonse de Riquet, Prince de Caraman-Chimay, a member of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies, had proposed marriage to the very young, very attractive daughter of a very wealthy family.
The Chateau of Chimay then, as now, was in the county of Hainaut, Belgium, near the French border. The holder of the title \"Prince\" did so rightfully, and possessed a long and proper noble pedigree. The title was of the type of the old French monarchy, in which \"Prince\" is a rank, rather than a method showing the degree of relationship to the crown. The wife of that sort of prince becomes a \"Princess\", and so Clara became, entirely legitimately, a European princess. That her husband-to-be was more than twice her age, quite poor, and even, perhaps, not very handsome, seems to have been of minor consequence. They were married on May 19, 1890, in Paris.
Ward was now properly called \"Princesse de Caraman-Chimay\", but usually went by \"Clara, Princess of Chimay\". Americans were ecstatic about their new princess.
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