Aristide Ambroise (Ambrouzis) Damalas^[1]

1855 - 1889  (34 years)

• Name	Aristide Ambroise (Ambrouzis) Damalas
  	also Damala
  Nickname	Jacques
  Birth	15 Jan 1855	Piraeus, Attica, Greece
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Aug 1889	Paris, Île-de-France, France
  	Drug overdose "Bernhardt Widowed; Announcement of Death in Paris of M. Jacques Damala", The New York Times, 19 Aug 1889.
  Notes	Occupation: diplomat, actor Officer attached to the Greek delegation at Paris, then to St. Petersburg. A ladies' man he quit his diplomatic career for (his future wife) Sarah Bernhardt's theatrical troop, a marriage with disputes and infidelities (Sturdza). According to Sturdza he and his brother squandered their fortune through their extravgances in Paris during the Belle Epoque. [2] His wikipedia page.
  Person ID	I2206	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Ambrouzis (Ioannis) Damalas,   b. 02 Jun 1808, Chios, Greece d. 29 Jul 1869, allées des Capucines 65, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Calliope (Lucas) Ralli,   b. 06 Jan 1829, Aegina, Saronic Islands, Greece d. 14 Feb 1891, Athens, Attica, Greece (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1845	Piraeus, Attica, Greece   [3]
  Family ID	F948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	mistress [Damalas]
  Children	1. Tereza (Aristide) Damalas,   b. 1889   d. 1967, Edirne, Marmara, Turkey (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Sara-Marie-Henriette Rosine Bernhardt,   b. 23 Oct 1844, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 26 Mar 1923, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	04 Apr 1882	Church of St. Andrew, Oxford Street, London, England UK
  	In another marriage, to Charles Joseph E.H. de Ligne, she had a son, Maurice Bernhardt (1864-1928).
  Documents		Damala-Bernhardt marriage record Parish Register, St Andrew, St Marylebone, Westminster, England, marriage recorded 4 Apr 1882
  		Damala-Bernhardt-marriage-bond between Aristide Ambroise Damala, 21, and Sarah Bernhardt, 21, recorded at St Andrew Parish, Wells Street, Middlesex, 4 Apr 1882
  Family ID	F950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Jan 1855 - Piraeus, Attica, Greece Marriage - 04 Apr 1882 - Church of St. Andrew, Oxford Street, London, England UK Death - 18 Aug 1889 - Paris, Île-de-France, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Aristidis_Iakovos Damalas (1855 - 1889) From the website: Greek and linked European Families
  		Jacques Damala photo courtesy Wikipedia

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Philip L. Chryssoveloni, Chios through the Ages (Athens, 1937) Aristide Damalas (1853-1889) is described on page 47
  		Jacques Damala death notice "Bernhardt Widowed; Announcement of Death in Paris of M. Jacques Damala", The New York Times, 19 Aug 1889
  		"The Cause of Damala's Death" The New York Times, 2 Sep 1889, p. 4.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Χρυσοβελόνης, Φίλιππος Λ [Philip L. Chryssoveloni], Χίος και Χίοι διά μέσου των αιώνων, (digital document, originally published Athens,1937), 47. [S17] Sturdza, Mihail-Dimitri, Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique Genealogique ... Grece, (self, Paris, 1983), 123. [S17] Sturdza, Mihail-Dimitri, Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique Genealogique ... Grece, (self, Paris, 1983), 387; but on 123: 29 Feb 1845.