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Name: DE JANZE, Frédéric Jacques, Count

Birth Date: 28 Feb 1896 Paris

Death Date: 24 Dec 1933 Baltimore, USA. Buried in Monmartre cem. Paris

Profession: Sportsman and writer

Married: 1. In Chicago 21 Sep 1921 Alice Silverthorne b. 28 Sep 1899 Buffalo, New York, d. 30 Sep 1941(div. June 1927 and later m. Raymund Vincent de Trafford 1900-1971); 2. In Paris 9 Jan 1930 Genevieve Willinger Jefferson Ryan

Children: 1. Nolwen Louise Alice (20 June 1922-7 Mar 1989) (Rice, later Clark); Paola Marie Jeanne (1 June 1924-24 Dec 2006)

Author: 'Vertical Land'; several books on French Morocco

Book Reference: Mischief, Web

War Service: WW1 in French Air Force

School: Cambridge Univ.

General Information:

Mischief - elegant, laconic, aristocratic, had motor raced at Le Mans, fought in the Rif mountains and moved in the literary circles of Proust and Anna de Noailles.