Guy Van Den Steen
Guy van den Steen de Jehay | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 August 1906 Paris, France |
| Died | 20 December 1999 (aged 93) Jehay, Belgium |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Count Guy van den Steen de Jehay (24 August 1906 – 20 December 1999) was a Belgian sculptor and aristocrat. He was the younger son of Belgian diplomat Werner van den Steen de Jehay, and nephew of Frédéric van den Steen de Jehay.[1]
Career
His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]
Restoration of the Chateau de Jehay
In the 1940s, Count Guy van den Steen inherited his family's ancestral home, the Chateau de Jehay. He reported that it was a 'dark, empty shell, surrounded by flat, uncultivated fields' at the time he came into possession of the Chateau.[3] Lady Moyra and Count Guy moved into the Castle in 1950,[4] and worked to restore the Chateau, and many Ormonde heirlooms can be found in the Chateau today.[5]
Marriages and family
Guy first married Marie-Estelle Barker in 1940; the couple were childless. Marie sued Guy for divorce in 1948, and she was granted a decree nisi in London on the grounds of desertion on 25 May 1948.[6] In 1947, Guy had begun an extramarital affair with British aristocrat Lady Moyra Weld-Forester, the daughter of George Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde and Sybil Butler, Marchioness of Ormonde.
In December 1947, Lady Moyra's husband Charles Weld-Forester sued her for divorce, alleging that she had committed adultery with Guy van den Steen "on the continent last summer".[7] Lady Moyra did not defend the suit, and a decree nisi was granted with costs against Count Guy van den Steen.
Guy and Moyra subsequently were married at the Chelsea Register Office London on 3 August 1948.[8] The couple had one child:
- Comte Gerard Fernand Georges Ghislain van den Steen de Jehay (10 October 1949 – 15 April 1985)
Lady Moyra died in 1959.
References
- ↑ Massue, Melville Henry (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. London: Harrison & Sons. p. 1395. Retrieved 30 July 2026 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Guy Van Den Steen". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ Leicester Mercury, Monday 28 July 1975, page 3.
- ↑ 'Les Routes de Simone: balade automobile au chateau de Jehay', En voiture Simone!, https://envoituresimone2.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/les-routes-de-simone-balade-automobile-au-chateau-de-jehay/, accessed 7 January 2023
- ↑ 'le Chateau de Jehay', Arts et Lettres, https://artsrtlettres.ning.com/profiles/blogs/le-chateau-de-jehay, accessed 7 January 2023
- ↑ "Degree Nisi for Comtesse Marie Estelle van den Steen de Jehay". Evening Standard. 25 May 1948. p. 5. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ↑ The Daily Telegraph, Saturday 30 December 1947, Page 7
- ↑ "Marries a Sculptor". Evening Standard. 3 August 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
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