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He was the son of Baron Louis de Koenigswarter and a civil engineer by profession. He married the noted jazz patroness Nica de Koenigswarter, née Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild, in 1935. De Koenigswarter joined the Free French Forces at the outbreak of World War II and led troops in Africa and Europe. After the war he held diplomatic positions in Norway and Mexico. From 1953 to 1957 he held the position of French Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States and to Canada. Jules and Nica separated in 1951 and divorced in 1956, after which Nica lived on her own in New York City.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Jules_de_Koenigswarter
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1904 |
March 7, 1904
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Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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1936 |
July 20, 1936
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1946 |
April 1, 1946
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1948 |
November 15, 1948
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1950 |
January 10, 1950
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