1883 - 1971 (87 years)
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1882 -
Birth |
1882 |
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Father |
Albert Chanel |
Mother |
Eugénie Jeanne Devolle, b. 1863 |
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1883 - 1971 (87 years)
Birth |
19 Aug 1883 |
Saumur, France |
Died |
10 Jan 1971 |
Paris, Île-de-France, France |
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Father |
Albert Chanel |
Mother |
Eugénie Jeanne Devolle, b. 1863 |
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Family 1 |
Etienne Balsan |
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Family 2 |
Arthur Capel, 'Boy' |
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Family 3 |
Duke Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, b. 19 Mar 1879, Eaton Hall, Chester, Cheshire, England |
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Family 4 |
Baron Hans Gunther von Dincklage, b. Abt 1896 |
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1918 - 1974 (56 years)
Birth |
20 Aug 1918 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Died |
21 Sep 1974 |
New York, New York, USA |
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Father |
NN Susann |
Mother |
NN |
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Family 1 |
Carole Landis, b. 1 Jan 1919, Fairchild |
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Family 2 |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
Married |
1959 |
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Family 3 |
Eddie Cantor, b. 14 May 1892, New York, New York, USA |
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Family 4 |
Irving Mansfield, b. 23 Jul 1908 |
Married |
2 Apr 1939 |
Children |
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Family 5 |
Joe E. Lewis, b. 12 Jan 1902, New York, New York, USA |
Married |
1942 |
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Family 6 |
George Jessel, b. 3 Apr 1898, New York, New York, USA |
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Family 7 |
Walter Davis Pidgeon, b. 23 Sep 1897, East St. John, New Brunswick, Canada |
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Family 8 |
J.J. Schubert |
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Family 9 |
Vinton Freedley, b. 5 Nov 1891, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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1872 - 1950 (78 years)
Birth |
30 Mar 1872 |
Died |
15 Oct 1950 |
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Father |
Cyprian Godebski |
Mother |
Zofia Servais |
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Family 1 |
Thadée Natanson |
Married |
1893 |
Divorced |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family 2 |
Alfred Charles Edwards, b. 10 Jul 1856 |
Married |
24 Feb 1905 |
Divorced |
1909 |
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Family 3 |
Jose Maria Sert i Badia, b. 21 Dec 1874, Barcelona, Cataluña, España |
Divorced |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family 4 |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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Family 5 |
Sergi Diaghilev, b. 31 Mar 1872 |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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- 1918
Died |
1918 |
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Family |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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1879 - 1953 (74 years)
Birth |
19 Mar 1879 |
Eaton Hall, Chester, Cheshire, England |
Died |
20 Jul 1953 |
Lochmore Lodge, Sutherland |
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Father |
Earl Victor Alexander Grosvenor, b. 28 Apr 1853, London, Middlesex, England |
Mother |
Sibell Mary Lumley, b. 25 Mar 1855, Sandbeck Park |
Married |
3 Nov 1874 |
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Family 1 |
Constance Edwina Cornwallis-West, b. 1876 |
Married |
16 Feb 1901 |
Divorced |
1919 |
Children |
| 1. Ursula Mary Olivia Grosvenor, b. 21 Jan 1902, London, Middlesex, England |
| 2. Edward George Hugh Grosvenor, b. 16 Nov 1904 |
| 3. Mary Constance Grosvenor, b. 27 Jun 1910 |
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Family 2 |
Violet Mary Nelson, b. 1891 |
Married |
26 Nov 1920 |
Divorced |
1926 |
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Family 3 |
Loelia Mary Ponsonby, b. 6 Feb 1902 |
Married |
20 Feb 1930 |
Divorced |
1947 |
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Family 4 |
Anne Winifred Sullivan, b. 13 Apr 1915 |
Married |
4 Feb 1947 |
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Family 5 |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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Abt 1896 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
Abt 1896 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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Family |
Eugénie Jeanne Devolle, b. 1863 |
Children |
| 1. Julia Chanel, b. 1882 |
| 2. Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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1863 - 1895 (32 years)
Birth |
1863 |
Died |
1895 |
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Family |
Albert Chanel |
Children |
| 1. Julia Chanel, b. 1882 |
| 2. Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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1918 - 1974 (56 years)
Birth |
20 Aug 1918 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Died |
21 Sep 1974 |
New York, New York, USA |
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Father |
NN Susann |
Mother |
NN |
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Family 1 |
Carole Landis, b. 1 Jan 1919, Fairchild |
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Family 2 |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
Married |
1959 |
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Family 3 |
Eddie Cantor, b. 14 May 1892, New York, New York, USA |
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Family 4 |
Irving Mansfield, b. 23 Jul 1908 |
Married |
2 Apr 1939 |
Children |
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Family 5 |
Joe E. Lewis, b. 12 Jan 1902, New York, New York, USA |
Married |
1942 |
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Family 6 |
George Jessel, b. 3 Apr 1898, New York, New York, USA |
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Family 7 |
Walter Davis Pidgeon, b. 23 Sep 1897, East St. John, New Brunswick, Canada |
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Family 8 |
J.J. Schubert |
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Family 9 |
Vinton Freedley, b. 5 Nov 1891, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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1872 - 1950 (78 years)
Birth |
30 Mar 1872 |
Died |
15 Oct 1950 |
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Father |
Cyprian Godebski |
Mother |
Zofia Servais |
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Family 1 |
Thadée Natanson |
Married |
1893 |
Divorced |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family 2 |
Alfred Charles Edwards, b. 10 Jul 1856 |
Married |
24 Feb 1905 |
Divorced |
1909 |
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Family 3 |
Jose Maria Sert i Badia, b. 21 Dec 1874, Barcelona, Cataluña, España |
Divorced |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family 4 |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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Family 5 |
Sergi Diaghilev, b. 31 Mar 1872 |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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- 1918
Died |
1918 |
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Family |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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1879 - 1953 (74 years)
Birth |
19 Mar 1879 |
Eaton Hall, Chester, Cheshire, England |
Died |
20 Jul 1953 |
Lochmore Lodge, Sutherland |
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Father |
Earl Victor Alexander Grosvenor, b. 28 Apr 1853, London, Middlesex, England |
Mother |
Sibell Mary Lumley, b. 25 Mar 1855, Sandbeck Park |
Married |
3 Nov 1874 |
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Family 1 |
Constance Edwina Cornwallis-West, b. 1876 |
Married |
16 Feb 1901 |
Divorced |
1919 |
Children |
| 1. Ursula Mary Olivia Grosvenor, b. 21 Jan 1902, London, Middlesex, England |
| 2. Edward George Hugh Grosvenor, b. 16 Nov 1904 |
| 3. Mary Constance Grosvenor, b. 27 Jun 1910 |
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Family 2 |
Violet Mary Nelson, b. 1891 |
Married |
26 Nov 1920 |
Divorced |
1926 |
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Family 3 |
Loelia Mary Ponsonby, b. 6 Feb 1902 |
Married |
20 Feb 1930 |
Divorced |
1947 |
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Family 4 |
Anne Winifred Sullivan, b. 13 Apr 1915 |
Married |
4 Feb 1947 |
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Family 5 |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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Abt 1896 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
Abt 1896 |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Coco Chanel, b. 19 Aug 1883, Saumur, France |
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Name |
Coco Chanel |
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Birth |
19 Aug 1883 |
Saumur, France |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
10 Jan 1971 |
Paris, Île-de-France, France |
Siblings |
1 Sibling |
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Person ID |
I480904 |
Geneagraphie |
Links To |
This person is also Coco Chanel at Wikipedia |
Last Modified |
17 Jan 2017 |
Family 1 |
Jacqueline Susann, b. 20 Aug 1918, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Sep 1974, New York, New York, USA (Age 56 years) |
Marriage |
1959 |
Family ID |
F192239 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
20 Jul 2004 |
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Notes |
- Lived at the Aubazine orphanage, where she spent time as a ward of the state after her mother died and her father ran off.
No doubt the sisters at the convent in Moulins, who took her in when she was 17, raised their eyebrows when the young woman left the seamstress job they had helped her get to try for a career as a cabaret singer. This stint as a performer — she was apparently charming but no Piaf — led her to take up with the local swells and become the backup mistress of Etienne Balsan, a playboy who would finance her move to Paris and the opening of her first hat business. That arrangement gave way to a bigger and better deal when she moved on to his friend, Arthur ("Boy") Capel, who is said to have been the love of her life and who backed her expansion from hats to clothes and from Paris to the coastal resorts of Deauville and Biarritz. One of her first successes was the loose-fitting sweater, which she belted and teamed with a skirt. These early victories were similar to the clothes she had been making for herself — women's clothes made out of Everyman materials such as jersey, usually associated with men's undergarments.
Throughout the '20s, Chanel's social, sexual and professional progress continued, and her eminence grew to the status of legend. By the early '30s she'd been courted by Hollywood, gone and come back.
When she didn't marry the Duke of Westminster, one of the richest men in Europe, her explanation was, "There have been several Duchesses of Westminster. There is only one Chanel." In fact, there were many Coco Chanels, just as her work had many phases and many styles, including Gypsy skirts, over-the-top fake jewelry and glittering evening wear — made of crystal and jet beads laid over black and white georgette crepe — not just the plainer jersey suits and "little black dresses" that made her famous. But probably the single element that most ensured Chanel's being remembered, even when it would have been easier to write her off, is not a piece of clothing but a form of liquid gold — Chanel No. 5, in its Art Deco bottle, which was launched in 1923. It was the first perfume to bear a designer's name.
One could say perfume helped keep Chanel's name pretty throughout the period when her reputation got ugly: World War II. This is when her anti-Semitism, homophobia (even though she herself dabbled in bisexuality) and other base inclinations emerged. She responded to the war by shutting down her fashion business and hooking up with Hans Gunther von Dincklage, a Nazi officer whose favors included permission to reside in her beloved Ritz Hotel. Years later, in 1954, when she decided to make a comeback, her name still had "disgraced" attached to it.
Depending on the source, Chanel's return to the fashion world has been variously attributed to falling perfume sales, disgust at what she was seeing in the fashion of the day or simple boredom. All these explanations seem plausible, and so does Karl Lagerfeld's theory of why, this time around, the Chanel suit met such phenomenal success. Lagerfeld — who designs Chanel today and who has turned the company into an even bigger, more tuned-in business than it was before — points out, "By the '50s she had the benefit of distance, and so could truly distill the Chanel look. Time and culture had caught up with her." In Europe, her return to fashion was deemed an utter flop at first, but Americans couldn't buy her suits fast enough. Yet again Chanel had put herself into the yolk of the zeitgeist. By the time Katharine Hepburn played her on Broadway in 1969, Chanel had achieved first-name recognition and was simply Coco.
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