If Princess Clara was not a gold digger, certainly her mother was. C lara Ward was the Paris Hilton of the 1890s—the tabloid press of the day couldn’t get enough of her. CLARA WARD ASKS DIVORCE. A German chromolithograph of Clara Ward on an English post card from about 1905 Ward was now properly called "Princesse de Caraman-Chimay", but usually went by "Clara, Princess of Chimay". Crowns, Tiaras & Coronets. Americans were ecstatic about their new princess. August 1, 2010 By Anna Passante. Ward was now properly called "Princesse de Caraman-Chimay", but usually went by "Clara, Princess of Chimay". 13. For years the paparazzi followed Clara’s exploits across the globe. Clara Ward (1873-1916), born in Detroit to Michigan’s first millionaire, had a destiny unlike other American women. Americans were ecstatic about their new princess. (The first American princess had been Catherine Willis Gray , great grand-niece of George Washington , who married Napoleon Bonaparte's nephew, Prince Achille Murat of the Kingdom of Naples.) Downton Abbey theme played out in 1800s Michigan, by Bill Loomis for the Detroit News; Clara Ward, Princesse de Caraman-Chimay. Born in Detroit to a tycoon often considered Michigan’s first millionaire, Clara met the Belgian Prince when he visited the United States, in 1889 (other accounts claim they met in Europe). He took one look at the very wealthy fourteen-year-old beauty and declared his love. Welcome to Women of Every Complexion and Complexity, I am Kathy Warnes and I firmly believe that all women make up women’s history, not just the more famous women in history books or the high profile women reporting and making news in the 20th and 21st century media. An American Dollar Princess.Crowns, Tiaras & Coronets Blog; Clara Ward, Paparazzi Princess, Bayview Compass; The Princess de Caraman-Chimay, by Maggie McNeill, The Honest Courtesan. Clara Ward was an American socialite who married into European royalty, shocking the upper classes but entertaining readers of gossip magazines Clara Ward was the daughter of an American shipping and lumber tycoon who died when she was 18 months old, leaving the family a $6 million fortune, or around $130 million today. It all begins in Paris in 1896, as Clara Ward, Princesse de Caraman-Chimay, dines at a restaurant with her husband, Prince Joseph. After her royal marriage ended, Princess Clara made her money modeling. Her father built Bay View’s rolling mill, her celebrity dazzled the press. Consider Catherine Lyon promoting an affair with Eber Brock Ward, a married man with 8 children 30 years her senior. ; Former Princess Chimay Sues Husband, Peppino Ricciardi, in Paris. 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